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The National Rifle Association and the media : the motivating force of negative coverage / Brian Anse Patrick.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Patrick, Brian Anse, 1954-
- Series:
- Frontiers in political communication 1525-9730 ; v. 1.
- Frontiers in political communication, 1525-9730 ; v. 1
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- National Rifle Association of America.
- Gun control--United States.
- Gun control.
- United States.
- Lobbying--United States.
- Lobbying.
- Mass media--Influence.
- Physical Description:
- x, 226 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Peter Lang, [2002]
- Contents:
- Introduction: The National Rifle Association in America 1
- 1 The Media of Social Action 17
- Modes of Social Action 17
- Typology of Social Action Theories 18
- Role of Mass Media in Social Action 29
- 2 Media Coverage Effects and the National Rifle Association 39
- Views on the Nature of NRA Coverage 39
- Effects of Negative Coverage 41
- NRA as Social Movement 42
- NRA as Pluralistic-Social Movement Hybrid 43
- 3 Elite Newspaper Coverage of Interest Groups 47
- Elite Newspapers 47
- Measurement of Coverage 50
- Comparisons of Interest Group Coverage 52
- Non-Findings 102
- 4 Anti-Media Theory and National Rifle Association Communications 105
- NRA Response to Coverage 105
- NRA Official Publications 106
- NRA Official Journal Content 109
- Social Movement Themes 109
- Media Conflict Themes 111
- General Conflict Themes 114
- Science Conflict Themes 115
- Solidarity Themes 116
- Identity Themes 118
- Themes on Journal Covers 120
- The Ideological Trend 122
- Media Bias Communications of NRA Officials 124
- Institutionalization of Media Bias 131
- 5 The Mobilization Effect 135
- Negative Coverage and NRA Mobilization 135
- Mobilization of Comparable Groups 140
- The Universe of NRA Mobilization 142
- American Egalitarianism and Gun Culture 146
- 6 Media Relations: The National Rifle Association Versus the Journalists 153
- NRA Press Relations 153
- Journalists on the NRA 157
- Interview Findings 163
- Journalistic Trade Publications 166
- 7 Administrative Democracy 169
- A General Theory of Media Bias 169
- The Priestly Function of Elite Journalists 175
- Mass Administrative Democracy 182
- Trends to Suppress Heresy 184
- Social Applications 186
- Hybridism of Social Action Modes 188
- Appendix A The Interest Groups 191
- Appendix B Methodology 197.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [207]-215) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0820451223
- 9780820451220
- OCLC:
- 49736938
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