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Apprehending politics : news media and individual political development / by Marco Calavita.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Calavita, Marco, 1970-
- Series:
- SUNY series in communication studies.
- SUNY series in communication studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Press and politics--United States.
- Press and politics.
- Journalism--Social aspects--United States.
- Journalism.
- Political socialization--United States.
- Political socialization.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (294 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, c2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This groundbreaking book examines the significance of the news media for the political beliefs and behavior of contemporary Americans. Relying on original, in-depth interviews with members of the group known as Generation X, Marco Calavita analyzes the memories and understandings of these individuals' political development dating back to childhood. Specifically, he focuses on the developmental significance of news media engagement in the context of institutions and phenomena like family, peers, schooling, and popular culture. Calavita succeeds where others have failed at exploring the inevitably contextualized and ecological nature of individual political development, and the specific roles of news media in that development. Apprehending Politics illuminates the subtle but fundamental power of news media in who we are politically, and how we got that way.
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Contents
- Note
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Contemporary American Political Culture and News Media
- Portraits of Individual Political Development
- The Ecology of Individual Political Development and News Media: Relationships, Institutions, and Culture
- The Contours of Political Ideology and Orientation
- Conclusion: Recontextualizing Politics and News Media
- Methodological Issues
- Questionnaire for Participants
- Partial Interview Protocol
- Gauging Political Values and Beliefs and Political and Civic Involvement/ Commitment
- Tracking and Analysis of News Media Sources
- References
- Index
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-274) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780791484081
- 0791484084
- 9781423743538
- 1423743539
- OCLC:
- 76786846
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