For courses on Media and Politics or Political Communication in departments of Political Science or Communications.
Very contemporary in perspective, this text provides a well-balanced survey of all aspects of the relationship between the media and American politics. It portrays the relationship as interactive and symbiotic (rather than one-sided) and dissects the media's role as mediator in the political processes of American politics-with discussions on news-shaping, effects on the mass public, the electoral functions and effects of the news media, the interaction with political institutions and organizations, and the media's policymaking role.
- ISBN10 0130264040
- ISBN13 9780130264046
- Publish Date 11 September 2000 (first published 28 August 1997)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 9 May 2007
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Pearson
- Edition 3rd edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 358
- Language English