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Mediated Democracy : Politics, the News, and Citizenship in the 21st Century.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wagner, Michael W.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Communication in politics--United States.
- Communication in politics.
- Press and politics--United States.
- Press and politics.
- Mass media--Political aspects--United States.
- Mass media.
- Democracy--Social aspects--United States.
- Democracy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (345 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Mediated democracy
- Place of Publication:
- Washington DC : CQ Press, 2020.
- Summary:
- Mediated Democracy: Politics, the News, and Citizenship in the 21st Century takes a contemporary, communications-oriented perspective on the central questions pertaining to the health of democracies and relationships between citizens, journalists, and political elites. The approach marries clear syntheses of cutting-edge research with practical advice explaining why the insights of scholarship affects students' lives. With active, engaging writing, the text will thoroughly explain why things are the way they are, how they got that way, and how students can use the insights of political communication research to do something about it as citizens.
- Contents:
- COVER
- TITLE PAGE
- COPYRIGHT PAGE
- CONTENTS
- TABLES AND FIGURES
- ABOUT THE AUTHORS
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- PREFACE
- CHAPTER 1 - MEDIATED DEMOCRACY: AN INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER 2 - WHY THE NEWS IS THE WAY IT IS
- CHAPTER 3 - THE COMMUNICATION ECOLOGY: INFORMATION FLOWS AND PUBLIC OPINION
- CHAPTER 4 - ARE MEDIA BIASED?
- CHAPTER 5 - THE POLITICS OF ATTENTION
- CHAPTER 6 - FRAMING THE NEWS: WHEN AND HOW IT MATTERS TO THE AUDIENCE
- CHAPTER 7 - WHO'S BIASED NOW?: HOW PEOPLE INTERPRET THE MEDIA THEY USE
- CHAPTER 8 - POLITICAL ADVERTISING
- CHAPTER 9 - MEDIATED ELECTIONS
- CHAPTER 10 - GOVERNING, POLICYMAKING, AND THE MEDIA
- CHAPTER 11 - THE FUTURE OF MEDIATED POLITICS
- NOTES
- INDEX.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781544379111
- 1544379110
- 9781544379128
- 1544379129
- 9781544379135
- 1544379137
- OCLC:
- 1478699109
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