With malice toward all? the media and public confidence in democratic institutions
Title:
With malice toward all? the media and public confidence in democratic institutions
Author:
Moy, Patricia.
ISBN:
9780313391088
9780313003080
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Publication Information:
Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2000.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xviii, 218 p.)
Series:
Praeger series in political communication,
Praeger series in political communication.
Contents:
I. Crisis of confidence. Erosion of confidence -- The question of causality -- II. Media influences on confidence. Design of the studies -- Media depictions of institutions -- The print media's contribution -- The effects of traditional television news -- The effects of television programming -- The effects of political talk radio -- Conclusions.
Abstract:
Public opinion polls point to a continuing decline of confidence in the Presidency, court system, Congress, the news media, state government, public education, and other key institutions. Moy and Pfau examine the role of the media in the decline of the American public's confidence in democratic institutions.
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