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The Mass Media in Liberal Democratic Societies » Read Now
by Stanley Rothman. 352 pgs.

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...village. The mass media are influencing...the pattern of politics in democratic...control of the mass media by business...the English media have always...stratified...
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The Mass Media and Democracy: Between the Modern and the Postmodern, in Journal of International Affairs » Read Now
by James W. Carey. 21 pgs.

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...postmodern politics and found...consideration of the mass media and democracy...separation between politics and the public...development of mass urban newspapers...Truly...
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New Media and American Politics » Read Now
by Richard Davis, Diana Owen. 308 pgs.

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New Media and American Politics is the first examination of the effect on modern politics of the new media, which include talk radio, tabloid journalism, television talk shows, entertainment media, and computer networks. Davis and Owen discuss the new media's cultural environment, audience, and...
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New Media and American Politics is the first examination of the effect on modern politics of the new media, which include talk radio, tabloid journalism, television talk shows, entertainment media, and computer networks. Davis and Owen discuss the new media's cultural environment, audience, and content, and evaluate its impact on everything from elections to policy making to the old media itself.
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Democracy without Citizens: Media and the Decay of American Politics » Read Now
by Robert M. Entman. 242 pgs.

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"The free press cannot be free," Robert Entman asserts. "Inevitably, it is dependent." In this penetrating critique of American journalism and the political process, Entman identifies a "vicious circle of interdependence" as the key dilemma facing reporters and editors. To become sophisticated...
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"The free press cannot be free," Robert Entman asserts. "Inevitably, it is dependent." In this penetrating critique of American journalism and the political process, Entman identifies a "vicious circle of interdependence" as the key dilemma facing reporters and editors. To become sophisticated citizens, he argues, Americans need high-quality, independent political journalism; yet, to stay in business while producing such journalism, news organizations would need an audience of sophisticated citizens. As Entman shows, there is no easy way out of this dilemma, which has encouraged the decay of democratic citizenship as well as the media's continuing failure to live up to their own highest ideals. Addressing widespread despair over the degeneration of presidential campaigns, Entman argues that the media system virtually compels politicians to practice demagoguery. Entman confronts a provocative array of issues: how the media's reliance on elite groups and individuals for information inevitably slants the news, despite adherence to objectivity standards; why the media hold government accountable for its worst errors--such as scandals and foreign misadventures--only after it's too late to prevent them; how the interdependence of the media and their audience molds public opinion in ways neither group alone can control; why greater media competition does not necessarily mean better journalism; why the abolition of the FCC's Fairness Doctrine could make things worse. Entman sheds fascinating light on important news events of the past decade. He compares, for example, coverage of the failed hostage rescue in 1980, which subjected President Carter to a barrage of criticism, with coverage of the 1983 bombing that killed 241 Marines in Lebanon, an incident in which President Reagan largely escaped blame. He shows how various factors unrelated to the reality of the events themselves--the apparent popularity of Reagan and unpopularity of Carter, differences in the way the Presidents publicly framed the incidents, the potent symbols skillfully manipulated by Reagan's but not by Carter's news managers--produced two very different kinds of reportage. Entman concludes with some thoughtful suggestions for improvement. Chiefly, he proposes the creation of subsidized, party-based news outlets as a way of promoting new modes of news gathering and analysis, of spurring the established media to more innovative coverage, and of increasing political awareness and participation. Such suggestions, along with the author's probing media criticisms, make this book essential reading for anyone concerned about the state of democracy in America.
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Remote & Controlled: Media Politics in a Cynical Age » Read Now
by Matthew Robert Kerbel. 174 pgs.

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...0-8133-6869-3 1. Mass media--Political...United States--Politics and government...the press in politics. Neither...use of the mass media and a successful...was partisan...
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It's Show Time!: Media, Politics, and Popular Culture » Read Now
by David A. Schultz. 277 pgs.

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David A. Schultz is Professor of Public Administration and Management at Hamline University, St. Paul, Minnesota.
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The Media, Politics and Public Life » Read Now
by Geoffrey Craig. 220 pgs.

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"Outlines the complex interactions between journalists and politicians, media organisations and government, which play such an important role in creating our public culture."
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The Political Economy of the Mass Media: An Interview with Edward S. Herman, in Monthly Review » Read Now
by Robert W. McChesney. 11 pgs.

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...stories that serve the needs and concerns of the elite. Moreover, the importance of the leading corporate mass media in contemporary politics radically transcends the role...
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The Industrialization of the Media in Democratizing Indonesia, in Contemporary Southeast Asia » Read Now
by Ariel Her Yanto, Stanley Yoseph Adi. 29 pgs.

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...New Order in 1998, the mass media were under the supervision...recently have working class politics and unions entered the...The development of the mass media into a major...
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Relationships of Media Use and Political Disaffection to Political Efficacy and Voting Behavior, in Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media » Read Now
by Bruce E. Pinkleton, Erica Weintraub Austin, Kristine K. J. Fortman. 16 pgs.

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...1993). The media game: American politics in the television...models for mass communication...1986). How media use and reliance...American Politics Quarterly...models for...
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The Micro- and Macrodrama of Politics on Television: Effects of Media Format on Candidate Evaluations, in Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media » Read Now
by Erik P. Bucy, John E. Newhagen. 18 pgs.

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...1956). Mass communication...and the media in a presidential...controlled: Media politics in a cynical...press and politics in the 1990s...1972). Mass media...
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Television Access and Political Power: The Networks, the Presidency, and the "Loyal Opposition" » Read Now
by Joe S. Foote. 220 pgs.

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This volume chronicles the 60-year history of presidential and opposition access to network television. The system has brought unprecedented exposure to 20th-century presidents but has discriminated consistently against the opposition in Congress. Networks instead have placed themselves in the role...
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This volume chronicles the 60-year history of presidential and opposition access to network television. The system has brought unprecedented exposure to 20th-century presidents but has discriminated consistently against the opposition in Congress. Networks instead have placed themselves in the role of "loyal opposition" operating as the President's counterpoint. In decline, hurt by defecting audiences and advertisers, the network system is now struggling to survive into the next century. Foote envisions a new order which will have a profound effect on both political communication and the balance of political power.
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Television and the Crisis of Democracy » Read Now
by Douglas Kellner. 287 pgs.

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...theorists. The Politics of Theory...culture and mass media that they see...television and the mass media have been instrumental...component of mass communication...power...
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Edited for Television: CNN, ABC, and American Presidential Elections » Read Now
by Matthew Robert Kerbel. 246 pgs.

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...high office in the mass media age. These observations...central role in domestic politics. The weakening of political...invitation for greater mass media influence. 21...
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Television and Political Advertising, Vol. 1: Psychological Processes » Read Now
by Frank Johnson Biocca. 366 pgs.

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...Audience Responses to Media Diversification...Pearce Cultures, Politics, and Research Programs...Kraus Mass Communication and...chapter. Although the mass media are used to...