“Camera, Lights, Action!”: The British General Election 1992 as Narrative Event

1996/01/01 by Gillian Bennett · 3 citations
Social Sciences · Arts and Humanities · #Media Studies and Communication #Rhetoric and Communication Studies #Cyprus History, Politics, Society

paper · doi:10.1080/0015587x.1996.9715921

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Abstract

If proof were ever needed of the ubiquity of narrative in public life, then the manner in which rival political claims were debated in the run-up to the British General Election of 9 April 1992 would give that proof. In the month 12 March to 8 April, the British electorate were part of a nation-wide story-making endeavour by politicians and press; on 9 April, they were invited to provide the denouement for the story that had been unfolded for their benefit.

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