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Author Moy, Patricia

Title With malice toward all? : the media and public confidence in democratic institutions / Patricia Moy and Michael Pfau
Published Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2000

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 218 pages)
Series Praeger series in political communication, 1062-5623
Praeger series in political communication. 1062-5623
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
Summary 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
Analysis Opinion shifts
Opinion manipulation
Mass media
Government agencies
Government performance
United States
Overseas item
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-210) and index
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Subject Mass media -- Political aspects -- United States
Mass media -- Public opinion.
Mass media -- Influence.
Public opinion -- United States
Democracy -- United States
Mass media -- United States -- Influence
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Media Studies.
Democracy
Mass media -- Influence
Mass media -- Political aspects
Mass media -- Public opinion
Politics and government
Public opinion
Democratie.
Vertrouwen.
Publieke opinie.
Massamedia.
Communication & Mass Media.
Journalism & Communications.
Médias et opinion publique -- États-Unis -- 20e siècle.
Médias -- États-Unis -- Objectivité.
Médias -- Etats-Unis -- Influence.
Institutions politiques -- Etats-Unis -- Opinion publique.
Opinion publique -- Etats-Unis -- 1990-.
SUBJECT United States -- Politics and government -- 1993-2001. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh92006372
Subject United States
États-Unis -- Politique et gouvernement -- 20e soiècle.
Form Electronic book
Author Pfau, Michael, 1945-2009.
LC no. 99046408
ISBN 0313003084
9780313003080
9780313391088
0313391084