Public policy and the media
Subtitle: the interplay of mass communication and political decision making
By: edited by Sigrid Koch-Baumgarten and Katrin Voltmer.
Contributors: Koch-Baumgarten, Sigrid, 1955-; Voltmer, Katrin.
Series: Routledge/ECPR studies in European political science
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780415485463; 9780203858493
Subjects: Mass media -- Political aspects; Mass media -- Social aspects; Mass media -- Influence; Communication in politics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: understanding the media policy link /  Sigrid Koch-Baumgarten and Katrin Voltmer; title: Policy issues, agenda and the media. Public policy and the mass media: an information processing approach / Bryan D. Jones and Michelle Wolfe; title: Do the media shape parties' agenda preferences?  an empirical study of party manifestoes in Belgium (1987-2003) / Stefaan Walgrave and Jonas Lefevere; title: Closing the circle: a case study in the role of spin in the policy cycle /  Neil Gavin; title: Knowledge culture and power: biotechnolocy and the popular press  / Pieter Maeseele and Dimitri Schuurrman; title: Aid organizations, governments and the media: the critical role of journalists in signaling authority recognition  / Matthias Ecker-Ehrhardt; title: Policy institutions, constellations of actors and the media. The media and the policy process: a policy centric approach / Robin Brown; title: Contested processes, contested influence: a case study of genetically modified food in Britain  / Anita Howarth; title: Going public? (re)presentation of women's policy in the media  / Birgit Sauer; title: Public pushing for pension reform? the short-term impact of media coverage on long-term policy making in Germany, Britain and the United States / Christoph Strünck; title: Condemned to repeat: the media and the accountability gap in Iraq War policy / Robert M. Entman, Steven Livingston and Sean Aday; title: Conclusion: the interplay of mass communication and the interplay of mass communication and political decision making-policy matters /  Sigrid Koch-Baumgarten and Katrin Voltmerx.