Books written by David L. Altheide

Terrorism and the Politics of Fear

Rush Limbaugh is the poster child of right-wing conservativism and is a regular news source for established news channels. Jamiesen and Capella's book documents Limbaugh's role in the conservative media industry: In this book we analyze ...
Media Logic

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Terror Post 9/11 and the Media

“ Seattle Times June 20 , 2006 : 1. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003073487_webiraq20.html ( accessed June 29 , 2006 ) . Gamson , William A. , David Croteau , William Hoynes , and Theodore Sasson . 1992.
Media Worlds in the Postjournalism Era

In Media Worlds in the Postjournalism Era, the authors expand their analysis of how organizational considerations promote a distinctive media logic, which in turn is conductive to a media culture.
Qualitative Media Analysis

Healey, K. (2010). The pastor in the basement: Discourses of authenticity in the networked public sphere. Symbolic Interaction, 33(4), 526-551. Hellman, M. (2008). Black eye: The ethics of CBS news and the National Guard documents.
Ecology of Communication

Lang, Kurt and Gladys Engel Lang. 1981. “Mass Communications and Public Opinion: Strategies for Research.” Pp. 653–81 in Social Psychology: Sociological Perspectives, edited by M. Rosenberg and R. H. Turner. New York: Basic Books.
Media Power

Altheide deals with a very simple paradox: in the past, people communicated in order to get something done; now they must first do something in order to communicate. The role...
Media Worlds in the Postjournalism Era

In Media Worlds in the Postjournalism Era, the authors expand their analysis of how organizational considerations promote a distinctive media logic, which in turn is conductive to a media culture.
An Ecology of Communication: Cultural Formats of Control

Articulated through an interactionist and non-deterministic focus, 'An Ecology of Communication' offers a distinctive perspective for understanding the impact of information technology, communication formats, and social activities in the ...
Ecology of Communication

Articulated through an interactionist and non-deterministic focus, 'An Ecology of Communication' offers a distinctive perspective for understanding the impact of information technology, communication formats, and social activities in the ...
Creating Fear: News and the Construction of Crisis

This volume, which attempts to break the circle of fear discourse, will be of interest to sociologists, communications scholars, and criminologists.
Gonzo Governance: The Media Logic of Donald Trump

David L. Altheide emphasizes how these changes informed Donald Trump’s electoral strategies as well as the insurrection attempt on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.
Media Worlds in the Postjournalism Era

"In "Media Worlds in the Postjournalism Era, "the authors expand their analysis of how organizational considerations promote a distinctive media logic, which in turn is conductive to a media culture.
Media Syndrome

In this masterful, summative work, Altheide describes the media syndrome: how these factors shape our expectations of, and reactions to, both public and personal events.
Media Edge: Media Logic and Social Reality

This book challenges social science to address the most important social change since the industrial revolution: the mediated communication order.
Creating Reality: How TV News Distorts Events

Creating Reality: How TV News Distorts Events
Terrorism and the Politics of Fear

Altheide (School of Justice and Social Inquiry, Arizona State U.) examines how the American mass media and popular culture have contributed to the use of fear as a form of social control, allowing elites to manipulate national and ...
Bureaucratic Propaganda

Bureaucratic Propaganda
Creating Fear: News and the Construction of Crisis

This book attempts through the marshalling of significant data to interrupt that vicious cycle of fear discourse.