The presidency in the era of 24-hour news / Jeffrey E. Cohen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cohen, Jeffrey E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Presidents--United States.

Presidents.

Mass media--Political aspects--United States.

Mass media.

Press and politics--United States.

Press and politics.

Presidents--Press coverage--United States.

United States--Politics and government--Press coverage.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Other Title:

Presidency in the era of twenty-four-hour news

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Presidency in the Era of 24-Hour News examines how changes in the news media since the golden age of television--when three major networks held a near monopoly on the news people saw in the United States--have altered the way presidents communicate with the public and garner popular support. How did Bill Clinton manage to maintain high approval ratings during the Monica Lewinsky scandal? Why has the Iraq war mired George Bush in the lowest approval ratings of his presidency? Jeffrey Cohen reveals how the decline of government regulation and the growth of Internet and cable news outlets have made news organizations more competitive, resulting in decreased coverage of the president in the traditional news media and an increasingly negative tone in the coverage that does occur. He traces the dwindling of public trust in the news and shows how people pay less attention to it than they once did. Cohen argues that the news media's influence over public opinion has decreased considerably as a result, and so has the president's ability to influence the public through the news media. This has prompted a sea change in presidential leadership style. Engaging the public less to mobilize broad support, presidents increasingly cultivate special-interest groups that often already back the White House's agenda. This book carries far-reaching implications for the future of presidential governance and American democracy in the era of new media.

Contents:

The growing disconnect between presidential news coverage and public opinion

The presidential news system during the golden age of presidential television

The new media age and the decline in presidential news

Change in presidential news over the long haul : the New York times historical series, 1857-1998

The increasing negativity in presidential news in the age of new media

Sources of negativity in presidential news during the age of new media

The declining audience for news and the new media age

Declining trust in the news media and the new media age

The implications of the new media on the presidential news system and presidential leadership

Conclusions: The new media, the presidency, and American politics.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-249) and index.

ISBN:

9786612964916

9781282964914

1282964917

9781400837793

1400837790

OCLC:

705945355