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Mass media and American politics / Doris A. Graber, Johanna Dunaway.

by Graber, Doris A. (Doris Appel), 1923-

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Los Angeles : Sage ; Washington, DC : CQ Press, c2015.

Mass media -- Social aspects -- United States.

Mass media -- Political aspects -- United States.

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http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=027259402&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA

9781452287287 (paperback)

1452287287 (paperback)

xix, 441 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

pt. I. Media purpose and structure -- 1. Media power and government control -- Political importance of mass media -- Functions of mass media -- Effects of mass media -- Who should control news making? -- Models of news making -- 2. Ownership, regulation, and guidance of media -- Control and ownership : public and semipublic -- Patterns of private ownership -- The regulation/deregulation debate -- Pressures by media associations and advertisers -- Citizen lobby control -- 3. Press freedom and the law -- Access to the media -- Access to information sources -- Individual rights versus the public's right to know -- 4. Media and politics in the changing media landscape -- The expansion of choice -- The practice and profession of political journalism -- Campaigns and campaigning -- Digital democracy? -- pt. II. Who and what makes the news? -- 5. News making and news reporting routines -- Profile sketch of U.S. journalists -- Gatekeeping -- Effects of gatekeeping -- Reporting extraordinary events -- Four crises -- Media responses and roles -- Covering pseudo-crises -- 6. The media as policy makers -- The ethics of melding political activism with journalism -- Manipulative journalism in perspective -- Muckraking models -- Beyond muckraking : journalists as political actors -- Agenda building -- Documentaries and docudramas -- Methods : fair and foul -- 7. The struggle for control : news from the Presidency and Congress -- The adversarial relationship -- The media and the Executive Branch -- The media and Congress -- 8. Media covering the justice system and state and local news -- The media and the Courts -- Covering state and local affairs -- The content of subnational news -- 9. Foreign affairs coverage -- The foreign news niche -- Making foreign news -- Wars in the modern age -- pt. III. Media effects -- 10. Media influence on attitudes and behavior -- Differential effects of print and audiovisual news -- The role of media in political socialization -- Patterns in socialization -- Choosing media stories -- How people learn -- Learning effects : knowledge and attitudes -- Leaning effects : behavior -- 11. Elections in the Internet age -- The consequences of media-dominated politics -- Media content -- What people learn from campaign coverage -- 12. Incivility, negativity, and bias in the media -- Bias in the news -- Affective biases, incivility, and negativity in the news -- Informational biases -- Ideological and partisan biases -- Causes of bias -- Effects of bias -- pt. IV. Current trends and future directions -- 13. Current trends and future directions -- Appraising news making -- The impact of new technologies -- Regulation as a barrier to development -- The shape of the future.

Focusing on political and technological developments, this book shows students how both the media influences governmental institutions and functions, and how the government shapes the way the media works. It reflects the impact of narrow casting and outlets outside of traditional mediums, such as cable television and the Internet.

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