The Politics of News and the News of Politics - Softcover

Garber, Doris; McQuail MA PhD DipPSA, Denis; Norris, Pippa

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ISBN 10: 1568024126 ISBN 13: 9781568024127

Publisher: CQ Press, 1998

Synopsis

Citizens rely upon mass media as their principal sources of information on government and politics, but who decides what is reported and how? The selection of stories to be covered on the nightly news or in the morning newspaper, along with the content and framing of those stories, are subject to daily struggles between journalists, politicians, and others who seek to influence public opinion and public policy. Written by a distinguished group of authors that includes Walter Cronkite, Kathleen Hall Jamieson, and Kathleen Frankovic, this book explores who should, and who does, influence press coverage of politics in democratic countries. It considers how the media operate as an intermediary for communications between governments and citizens, between various political actors, and even among citizens. The new is indispensable for students of politics and government and for every reader interested in learning more about how news is made, where the problems and tensions lie, and how they can be corrected.

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Citizens rely upon mass media as their principal sources of information on government and politics, but who decides what is reported and how? The selection of stories to be covered on the nightly news or in the morning newspaper, along with the content anmd framing of these stories, is subject to daily struggles among journalists, politicians, and others who seek to influence public opinion and public policy.

Written by a distinguished group of authors that includes Walter Cronkite, Kathleen Hall Jamieson, and Kathleen Frankovic, this book explores who should, and who does, influence press coverage of politics in democratic countries. It considers how the media operate as an intermediary for communication between governments and citizens, between various political actors, and even among citizens, between various political actors, and even among citizens.

The Politics of News is an indispensible resource not only for students of politics and governement but also for every reader interested in learning more about how news is made, where the problems and tensions lie, and how they can be resolved.

Contents:

Introduction: Political Communication in a Democracy Doris Graber, Denis McQuail and Pippa Norris

Section I: Journalists

1.Political Roles of the Journalist Thomas Patterson

2. Transition and Democratization:The Role of Journalists in Easter Europe and the former Soviet Union Ellen Mickiewicz

3.Reporting Presidential Campaigns: A Journalist's View Walter Cronkite

Section II: Political Actors

4. Government News Management Barbara Pfetsch

5.The News Shapers: Strategic Communication as a Third Force in News Making Jarol B. Mannheim

6.The Role of the Press in the Health Care Debate of 1993-94 Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Joseph N. Capella

Section III: The Public's Voice

7.The Public Journalism Movement and Its Problems Michael Schudson

8.Public Opinion and Polling Kathy Frankovic

9.Market Research and the Audience for Political News Doug Underwood

Section IV: New Technologies

10.Media Concentration, Economics and Regulation Robert G. Picard

11.The Media and Public Policy David L. Paletz

12.The Global Impact of New Technologies W. Russell Neuman

Conclusion: Challenges for Public Policy Denis McQuail, Doris Graber and Pippa Norris

Index

About this edition

• Publisher: CQ Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1568024126
• ISBN 13: 9781568024127
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 268