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With malice toward all? : the media and public confidence in democratic institutions / Patricia Moy and Michael Pfau.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Moy, Patricia.
- Series:
- Praeger series in political communication.
- Praeger series in political communication, 1062-5623
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mass media--Political aspects--United States.
- Mass media.
- Mass media--Public opinion.
- Mass media--Influence.
- Public opinion--United States.
- Public opinion.
- Democracy--United States.
- Democracy.
- United States--Politics and government--1993-2001.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (237 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Distribution:
- London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Public opinion polls point to a continuing decline in confidence in the Presidency, court system, the news media, state government, public education, and other key institutions. This text analyzes the reasons for this crises of confidence, with particular attention to the role of the media.
- Contents:
- Preliminaries; Contents; Series Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Erosion of Confidence; 2 The Question of Causality; 3 Design of the Studies; 4 Media Depictions of Institutions; 5 The Print Media's Contribution; 6 The Effects of Traditional Television News; 7 The Effects of Television Programming; 8 The Effects of Political Talk Radio; 9 Conclusions; References; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-210) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9798216036456
- 9780313003080
- 0313003084
- OCLC:
- 55149776
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