Overview
- Provides a comprehensive account of the relationship between Charles De Gaulle and the media
- Uses archival data, original research and interview material to highlight the use of television in legitimizing the Gaullist leadership
- Discusses the extent of political control of the media and television in particular
Part of the book series: French Politics, Society and Culture (FPSC)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
- Charles de Gaulle
- French presidency
- French politics
- French political history
- de Gaulle and TV use
- political communication through the TV
- Birth of the Fifth Republic
- Gaullist leadership
- presidentialism in France
- European political history
- mass media and politics
- Général-micro
- history of mass media
- television and Charles de Gaulle
- de Gaulle 1965 Presidential campaign
- de Gaulle telecracy
- De Gaulle and the Press
- Political Control of Television
About this book
This book explores Charles De Gaulle's use and strict control of television between 1958 and 1969, highlighting the association between charismatic power and television with regards to legitimizing the Gaullist leadership and determining an evolution towards presidentialism during the Fifth Republic. A protagonist of European political history of the twentieth century, Charles de Gaulle was a pioneer in the use of mass media: in the Second World War he had earned the nickname of Général-micro due to his reliance on radio communication; in 1958 he then started an substantive and fruitful use of television, which some of his opponents labelled as ‘telecracy’. From difficult beginnings, where he followed the advice of publicity and communication experts, through his masterful TV appearances during the dramatic moments of the Algerian War, to the presidential campaign of 1965 and the crisis of May 1968, the author paints a compelling fresco of de Gaulle as the first TV
leader in contemporary European history. The book will appeal to students and scholars interested in the fields of French politics, political communication and political leadership.Reviews
“Drawing on a significant amount of archival material and benefiting from a wide range of oral sources, this book is a ‘must read’ for everyone interested in De Gaulle’s presidency, the media in France and the exercise of executive leadership in western democracies. This is a work of first class scholarship.” (Professor Raymond Kuhn, Queen Mary University of London, UK)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Riccardo Brizzi is Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Bologna, Italy and visiting Professor at Sciences Po Paris and Sciences Po Lyon, France. His research interests include French and European history, and the history of mass media and political communication. His previous publications include France after 2012 (with G. Goodliffe, 2015).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Charles De Gaulle and the Media
Book Subtitle: Leadership, TV and the Birth of the Fifth Republic
Authors: Riccardo Brizzi
Translated by: Jon Kear
Series Title: French Politics, Society and Culture
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65642-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-65641-0Published: 17 January 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-88072-3Published: 04 June 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-65642-7Published: 22 November 2017
Series ISSN: 2946-3750
Series E-ISSN: 2946-3769
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 309
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations
Topics: French Politics, Political Communication, Political History, Political Leadership, European Politics