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News : the politics of illusion

W. Lance Bennett ; with foreword by Doris Graber

(Longman classics in political science)

Pearson/Longman, c2005

6th ed

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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内容説明

The media are everywhere. This renowned book by media expert Lance Bennett explores how well the news media serves the needs of democracy and looks at how various political actors?from presidents and members of Congress, to interest groups and citizen-activists?try to get their messages into the news. Completely updated with the latest trends, issues and information, this book is a must read for anyone wishing to better understand a ubiquitous institution in modern American society.

目次

Preface. Acknowledgments. 1. The News About Democracy: An Introduction to the American Political Information System. Gatekeeping: Who and What Makes the News? News as A Democratic Information System. Politicians, Press, and the People. A Definition of News. The New Gatekeeping. How Mediated Government Works. Case Study Governing with the News: Terror Comes to America. The Fragile Link Between News and Democracy. Why Free Speech Cannot Guarantee Good Information. Soft News and the Turn Away from Politics. Myths About News Bias. What Kind of News Would Better Serve Democracy? 2. News Content: Four Information Biases that Matter. A Different Kind of Bias. Four Information Biases in the News: An Overview. Personalization. Dramatization. Fragmentation. The Authority-Disorder Bias. How Do Competing Journalists Write Such Similar Stories? Case Study: How George W. Bush Got His Swagger. Four Information Biases in the News: An In-Depth Look. Bias as Part of the Political Information System. News Bias and Discouraged Citizens. Reform, Anyone? 3. The Political Economy of News. Corporate Profit Logic and News Content. Case Study: All the News that Fits (the Audience Demographics). The Political Economy of News. Economics Versus Democracy: Inside the News Business. The Media Monopoly: Arguments for and Against. Effects of the Media Monopoly: Five Information Trends. The Telecommunications Act of 1996. How Does Corporate Influence Operate? News on the Internet: Perfecting the Commercialization of Information? Commercialized Information and Citizen Confidence. Megatrends: Technology, Economics, and Social Change. Personalized Information and the Future of Democracy. Whither the Public Sphere? 4. How Politicians Make the News. The Politics of Illusion. The Sources of Political News. Case Study: Selling the Iraqi War. News Images as Symbolic Political Reality. News Bias and Press-Government Relations. The Goals of Strategic Political Communication. Symbolic Politics and the Techniques of Image Making. News Management: From Staged Events to Damage Control. News Management Styles and the Modern Presidency. Different Presidents, Different News Management Styles. Press Relations: Feeding the Beast. Government and the Politics of News Making. 5. How Journalists Report the News. Work Routines and Professional Norms. When Routines Produce Quality Reporting. How Reporting Practices Contribute to News Bias. Reporters and Officials: Cooperation and Control. The Insider Syndrome. Reporters as Members of News Organizations: Pressures to Standardize. Reporters as a Pack: Pressures to Agrees. Feeding Frenzy: When Packs Attack. The Paradox of Organizational Routines. When Journalism Works. Democracy With or Without Citizens? 6. Inside the Profession: Objectivity and Other Double Standards. Journalists and their Professions. The Paradox of Objective Reporting. Defining Objectivity: Fairness, Balance, and Truth. The Origins of Professional Journalism Standards. Case Study: The Curious Origins of Objective Journalism. Professional Practices and News Distortion. The Adversarial Role of the Press. Standards of Decency and Good Taste. Documentary Reporting Practices. The Use of Stories as Standardized News Formats. Reporters as Generalists. The Practice of Editorial Review. Objectivity Reconsidered. 7. The News Public: Information Processing and Public Opinion. News, Citizen Information, and Public Opinion. The Citizen's Dilemma: Who and What to Believe. Internet vs. Mass Media: Why Mass News Still Matters . Processing the News. Why People Prefer TV: Audio and Visual Information. News Frames and Political Learning. Case Study: National Attention Deficit Disorder? News and Personal Experience: What Gets Through. Uses and Gratifications: Other Reasons People Follow the News. The Future: Citizens, Information, and Politics. 8. All the News that Fits Democracy: Solutions for Citizens, Politicians, and Journalists. The News About the Private Media System. The News About Public Broadcasting. The News About Objective Journalism. News and Power in America: Ideal versus Reality. Why the Myth of a Free Press Persists. Proposals for Citizens, Journalists, and Politicians. Case Study: Citizen Input from Interactive News to Desktop Democracy. The Perils of Virtual Democracy. Corporate Social Responsibility: A Place to Start. Index.

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