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Organized thematically, the book analyzes the relationship between the media and key institutions, political actors, and nongovernmental entities, as well as the role of the new media, media ethics, and foreign policy coverage.
With approximately 35 essays, half of them new to this edition, the selections reflect the latest changes in American politics, in American media platforms, and in the interactions between political actors and journalists.
Although there may not be a consensus on what the media's role in politics is or should be, it is clear that the media's pervasive influence has profoundly changed politics...
Media Power in Politics
Written by Doris A. Graber—a scholar who has played an enormous role in establishing and shaping the field of mass media and American politics—and Johanna Dunaway, this book sets the standard.
Introduction -- Can average Americans make sense of politics?
Processing Politics offers a sound, well-researched defense of these remarkably versatile media, and challenges us to make them work for us in our democracy.
The danger is greater when such power is wielded by media giants because they can potentially control the marketplace of ideas on which a democracy is based' (Reich, 2014). And while some have argued that the democratising force of new ...
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"--
From the watchdog role of the press during wartime to the role of soft news and entertainment broadcasts as political information sources, the author selects readings with specific criteria in mind.