| Description |
ix, 304 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: 1. Defining the New Media -- 2. An Environment for the New Media -- 3. Talking Politics -- 4. Showing Politics: Tabloid Journalism and Entertainment Television -- 5. Typing Politics: Computer Networks -- 6. The Audiences -- 7. Audience Attitudes -- 8. Shaping Old Media -- 9. Shaping Presidential Campaigns -- 10. Shaping the Policy Agenda -- 11. Popular Voice or Demagogic Tool |
| Summary |
New Media and American Politics is the first book to examine the effect on modern politics of the new media, which include talk radio, tabloid journalism, television talk shows, entertainment media, and computer networks. Authors Davis and Owen discuss the new media's cultural environment, audience, and content, before going on to evaluate its impact on everything from elections to policy making to the old media itself |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-295) and index |
| Subject |
Mass media -- Political aspects -- United States.
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Mass media -- Technological innovations.
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Politics and government http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140410 -- 1993-
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1993-2001. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh92006372
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| Author |
Owen, Diana Marie.
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| LC no. |
97052291 |
| ISBN |
0195120604 (alk. paper) |
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0195120612 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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