New media and American politics
By: Richard Davis, Diana Owen.
Contributors: Owen, Diana Marie.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
Subjects: Mass media -- Political aspects -- United States; Mass media -- Technological innovations; United States -- Politics and government -- 1993-2001
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-295) and index.