‘Pay Your Tax!’ How Tax Avoidance Became a Prominent Issue in the Public Sphere in the UK

Birks, Jennifer; Downey, John

doi:10.1057/9781137512642

All Outputs (7)

Just Following the Science: fact-checking journalism and the Government’s lockdown argumentation (2021)
Book Chapter
Birks, J. (2021). Just Following the Science: fact-checking journalism and the Government’s lockdown argumentation. In S. Price, & B. Harbisher (Eds.), Power, Media and the Covid-19 Pandemic: Framing Public Discourse. London: Routledge

Fact-checking false claims and propaganda in the age of post-truth politics: the Brexit referendum (2021)
Book Chapter
Birks, J. (2021). Fact-checking false claims and propaganda in the age of post-truth politics: the Brexit referendum. In G. D. Rawnsley, Y. Ma, & K. Pothong (Eds.), Research Handbook of Political Propaganda (398-412). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781789906424

This chapter examines the claims that the current age is one of post-truth politics, where politicians not only lie, but do not suffer at the ballot box from being caught out in a lie by the news media. Donald Trump is the paradigmatic case, as a le... Read More about Fact-checking false claims and propaganda in the age of post-truth politics: the Brexit referendum.

Introduction: The new terrain of mediated politics (2021)
Book Chapter
Morrison, J., Birks, J., & Berry, M. (2022). Introduction: The new terrain of mediated politics. In J. Morrison, J. Birks, & M. Berry (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Political Journalism. Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

Evolving journalism norms: objective, interpretive and fact-checking journalism (2021)
Book Chapter
Birks, J. (2021). Evolving journalism norms: objective, interpretive and fact-checking journalism. In The Routledge Companion to Political Journalism. Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

This chapter will first query the various constructions of ‘bad’ audience responses to information and argumentation, and suggest an approach that neither expects too much of news audiences (and inevitably finds them wanting) nor patronizes them (and... Read More about Evolving journalism norms: objective, interpretive and fact-checking journalism.

Keep Calm and Carry On: Challenging a Discourse of Necessity and Forbearance in News Reporting of UK “Austerity” Policies (2021)
Book Chapter
Birks, J. (2021). Keep Calm and Carry On: Challenging a Discourse of Necessity and Forbearance in News Reporting of UK “Austerity” Policies. In S. L. Borden (Ed.), The Routledge Companion to Media and Poverty. London: Routledge

Severe cuts to public spending in the United Kingdom were ushered in from 2010 by a Conservative-led coalition government that used the 2008 financial crisis to advance a political agenda to roll back much of the social democratic welfare state. The... Read More about Keep Calm and Carry On: Challenging a Discourse of Necessity and Forbearance in News Reporting of UK “Austerity” Policies.

Fact-checking, False Balance and ‘Fake News’: The Discourse and Practice of Verification in Political Communication (2018)
Book Chapter
Birks, J. (2018). Fact-checking, False Balance and ‘Fake News’: The Discourse and Practice of Verification in Political Communication. In S. Price (Ed.), Journalism, Power and Investigation: Global and Activist Perspectives. Palgrave Macmillan

‘Pay Your Tax!’ How Tax Avoidance Became a Prominent Issue in the Public Sphere in the UK (2015)
Book Chapter
Birks, J., & Downey, J. (2015). ‘Pay Your Tax!’ How Tax Avoidance Became a Prominent Issue in the Public Sphere in the UK. Media, Margins and Civic Agency (166-181). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137512642