New media and American politics / Richard Davis, Diana Owen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davis, Richard, 1955- author.

Owen, Diana Marie, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media--Political aspects--United States.

Mass media.

Mass media--Technological innovations.

United States--Politics and government--1993-2001.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (317 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Examines the effect on modern politics of the new media, which include talk radio, tabloid journalism, television talk shows, entertainment media, and computer networks. The text discusses the new media's cultural environment, audience, and content.

Contents:

Contents; 1 Defining the New Media; 2 An Environment for New Media; ONE: The Role and Content of New Media; 3 Talking Politics; 4 Showing Politics: Tabloid Journalism and Entertainment Television; 5 Typing Politics: Computer Networks; TWO: The Audiences and Effects of New Media; 6 The Audiences; 7 Audience Attitudes; THREE: The Effects of New Media on Traditional Media, Campaigns, and Public Policy; 8 Shaping Old Media; 9 Shaping Presidential Campaigns; 10 Shaping the Policy Agenda; Conclusion: Popular Voice or Demagogic Tool; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R

ST; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1998.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-295) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-773369-7

1-280-47052-6

1-4237-5998-2

0-19-535303-X

1-60256-286-5

OCLC:

191038328