Media Power In Politics, 5th Edition
Although there may not be a consensus on what the media's role in politics is or should be, it is clear that the media's pervasive influence has profoundly changed politics in America. In this collection of 37 essays (15 of them new to this edition), Graber explores the history of mass media and its ability to shape political agendas. The new essay titles include, Open Season: How the News Media Cover Presidential Campaigns in the Age of Attack Journalism and I Am on TV, Therefore I Am.\ \...
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Thirty-six essays (16 new to this edition) by 63 writers from communications, journalism, public affairs, and policy studies come together in an anthology designed for courses in mass media and politics, public opinion, political communications, and mass media and society. Essays are organized into six major sections (e.g., Influencing Election Outcomes, Guiding Public Policies), each preceded by the editor's brief introduction. Among the topics: Monica Lewinsky's contribution to political science; and the media's influence on child abuse, political ads, Watergate, protest, the Gulf War, and the health care reform debate of 1993-94. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
PrefacexiIntroduction1Part IPutting Mass Media Effects in Perspective51.The Influence and Effects of Mass Media72.Political Communication Systems and Democratic Values243.Newspapers364.Framing China445.Monica Lewinsky's Contribution to Political Science486.How Synthetic Experience Shapes Social Reality57Part IIShaping the Political Agenda and Public Opinion667.Agenda-Setting Research: Where Has It Been, Where Is It Going?688.The Agenda-Setting Function of the Media: Child Abuse869.News Source Use in the Crash of 1987: A Study of Four National Media9910.What Moves Public Opinion?11211.Public Journalism and Social Capital: The Case of Madison, Wisconsin12812.Constructing Public Opinion: The Uses of Fictional and Nonfictional Television in Conversations about the Environment136Part IIIInfluencing Election Outcomes15013.The Craft of Political Advertising: A Progress Report15214.Open Season: How the News Media Cover Presidential Campaigns in the Age of Attack Journalism16115.Mainstream Candidates on the Internet17216.The Miscast Institution18717.Trout or Hamburger: Politics and Telemythology19618.The Formation of Campaign Agendas in the United States and Britain204Part IVControlling Media Power: Political Actors versus the Press21119.The Uses of News: Theory and (Presidential) Practice21320.Surrogate State Department? Times Coverage of Palestine, 194822621.How Members of Congress Use the Media to Influence Public Policy23522.I Am on TV Therefore I Am24623.The Media and Watergate25524.Media, Protest, and Political Violence: A Transactional Analysis263Part VGuiding Public Policies27825.Homicide and Bargained Justice: The Agenda-Setting Effect of Crime News on Prosecutors28026.Mass Media Roles in Foreign Policy29227.Reporting the Gulf War30428.The Impact of Investigative Reporting on Public Opinion and Policy Making: Targeting Toxic Waste31329.The Role of the Press in the Health Care Reform Debate of 1993-199432730.Interest Groups, the Media, and Policy Debate Formation: An Analysis of Message Structure, Rhetoric, and Source Cues337Part VIRegulating and Manipulating Media Effects34931.Communications Policy and the Public Interest35132.Television and the Struggle for Power in Russia36333.How Policy Makers Deal with the Press37634.Ethical Conflict and Investigative Reporting: Le Monde and the Contaminated Blood Affair38535.World Opinion During Times of Crisis39636.Strategic Communication407Index418
