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The Media Effect How the News Influences Politics and Government
Jim Willis
Book Code: C9496
ISBN: 0-275-99496-1
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-99496-9
184 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 6/30/2007
List Price: $44.95 (UK Sterling Price: £25.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Series Title: Democracy and the News
Reviews:
  • Willis synthesizes the research literature on the American media, focusing primarily on the question of how media representations influence government decision- making, particularly the decision to go to war. He discusses how the media chooses what to cover and the media's ability or inability to cover stories accurately. He also discusses questions of media literacy, the symbiotic relationship between politicians and the media, and examples of how presidents have sought to manage media coverage throughout American history.
    —Reference & Research Book News     August 2007
Description: In a postmodern age where the media's depictions of reality serve as stand-ins for the real thing for so many Americans, how much government policy is being made on the basis of those mediated realities and on the public reaction to them? When those mediated depictions deviate from the truth of the actual situation, how serious a situation is that? Time and again, both anecdotal evidence and scientific research seem to confirm that the news media often influence government action. At the least, they speed up policy making that would otherwise take a slower, more reasoned course. Sometimes the media serve as the communication link among world leaders who may be ideological enemies. Because of the enduring popularity of television news, government leaders monitor the networks' story selections and track public opinion trends generated by interviews done in these stories. These then become the substance of proposed legislation and/or executive action, as politicians strive to prove themselves able listeners to the heartland of America and also prove themselves worthy of re-election. This book examines many specific events that show how major news operations either painted a truthful or distorted picture of national and international events, and how governmental leaders responded following those representations.
LC Card Number: 2007010318
LCC Class: PN4738
Dewey Class: 302
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