Media and politics in America a reference handbook
Title:
Media and politics in America a reference handbook
Author:
Stempel, Guido H. (Guido Hermann), 1928-
ISBN:
9781576078464
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Publication Information:
Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2003.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (x, 238 p.)
Series:
Contemporary world issues
Contemporary world issues.
Contents:
History and evolution of political communication. Jefferson and political communication ; The road to a two-party system ; A press for the masses ; The press and politics in the Civil War ; Exposés and muckraking ; Two waves of sensationalism ; Wars and political communication in the twentieth century ; Sectionalism ; Civil rights and political communication ; Public opinion polling and politics ; The electronic media and politics ; An expanding electorate -- Problems in political communication. Voter turnout ; Campaign finance ; Electoral College ; Competent communicators ; Status of the political parties ; Media bias ; Governmental secrecy ; Public confidence ; Television advertising ; Media monopoly ; Negativism -- The process of news communication. The news media ; The politicians ; The public-media use ; How it looks to the public -- Chronology -- Biographical sketches -- Legal documents and court cases -- Associations and organizations -- Print and nonprint resources.
Abstract:
Where mass media and politics intersect is a distinctly American brand of political communication. This reference work examines the major events, people, controversies and resources of political communication from the Revolutionary War to the election of 2000.
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