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Mass media and American politics / Johanna L. Dunaway, Texas A&M University, Doris A. Graber, University of Illinois at Chicago.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dunaway, Johanna, author.
- Graber, Doris A. (Doris Appel), 1923-2018, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mass media--Social aspects--United States.
- Mass media.
- Mass media--Social aspects.
- United States.
- Mass media--Political aspects--United States.
- Mass media--Political aspects.
- Physical Description:
- xxvii, 693 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- Eleventh edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Thousand Oaks, California : SAGE Publications, Inc., [2023]
- Summary:
- "A comprehensive, trusted core text on media's impact on attitudes, behavior, elections, politics, and policymaking, Mass Media and American Politics is known for its readable introduction to the literature and theory of the field, and for staying current with each new edition on issues of new and social media, media ownership, the regulatory environment, infotainment, and war-time reporting. Written by the late Doris Graber--a scholar who has played an enormous role in establishing and shaping the field of mass media and American politics--and now lead by Johanna Dunaway, this book has set the standard for the course"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 MEDIA PURPOSE AND STRUCTURE
- ch. 1 Media Power and Government Control
- Political Importance of Mass Media
- Functions of Mass Media
- Who Should Control News Making?
- Models of News Making
- Summary
- Discussion Questions
- Readings
- ch. 2 Ownership, Regulation, and Guidance of Media
- Control and Ownership: Public and Semipublic
- Patterns of Private Ownership
- The Costs and Benefits of Big Business Control
- The Regulation/Deregulation Debate
- Other Media Controls
- ch. 3 News Making and Reporting Routines
- Profile Sketch of U.S. Journalists
- Gatekeeping
- Effects of Gatekeeping
- Appraising News Making
- ch. 4 News and Politics in the Changing Media Landscape
- The [Expansion of Media Choice and the Market for News
- Platform Multiplication and Changing News Habits
- Changes to Political Journalism
- Assessing the Impact of Citizen Journalism and User Content
- Digital Democracy: Myth or Reality?
- pt. 2 WHO AND WHAT MAKES THE NEWS?
- ch. 5 News From the Presidency
- The Adversarial Relationship
- The Media and the Executive Branch
- ch. 6 Media Coverage of Congress and the Courts
- The Media and Congress
- Writing Stories About Congress
- The Media and the Courts
- Writing Stories About
- Court Decisions
- ch. 7 State and Local News
- The Changing Landscape for Local and State News
- Press-Government Relations
- Subnational News Content
- Is the Media Environment Nationalizing?
- The Quality of Subnational News
- Subnational Election Coverage
- ch. 8 Foreign Affairs Coverage
- The Foreign News Niche
- Making Foreign News
- International Conflict in the Modern Age
- ch. 9 Diversity, Inclusion, and Equality in Media and Politics
- Descriptive Representation in Politics
- Descriptive Representation in the News
- Stereotypes and Unequal Treatment
- Descriptive Representation in the Newsroom
- Market Representation and Service to Diverse Audiences
- pt. 3 MEDIA EFFECTS
- ch. 10 Political Socialization and Learning
- Mass Media and Political Socialization
- Mass Media and Political Learning
- How People Learn
- Learning Effects on Political Knowledge
- Conditional Learning Effects
- Behavioral Effects
- ch. 11 Persuasion, Campaigns, and Advertising
- Political Campaigns in a Digital Era
- The Consequences of Media-Dominated Politics
- Digital Campaigning
- Election News Content
- What People Learn From Campaign Coverage
- ch. 12 Incivility, Negativity, and Bias in the Media
- Perceptions About Media Bias
- Affective Biases
- Information Biases
- Political Bias
- Causes of Bias
- Effects of Bias
- ch. 13 Media Effects: Then and Now
- History and Theories of Media Effects
- Digital, Social, and Mobile Media Effects
- Understanding Differential Effects
- Political Discourse, Deliberation, and Mobilization
- pt. 4 CURRENT TRENDS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS
- ch. 14 Current Trends and Future Directions
- Rising Polarization
- Declining Local News
- Grappling with Mis- and Disinformation
- Digital Information Inequalities
- Regulatory Solutions?
- Readings.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781544390932
- 1544390939
- OCLC:
- 1268122945
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