Making the news : politics, the media, and agenda setting /
Boydstun, Amber E.,1977-
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Patterns in the news and why they matter -- The forces that drive the news -- The alarm/patrol hybrid model of news generation -- Content and change on the New York times front page -- Explaining front-page attention -- The rise and fall of the war on terror and the death penalty in the news -- How institutional mechanisms lead to media skew and explosiveness -- Skew and explosiveness in the shifting media landscape -- Implications for politics and society.
Press and politics
Journalism