News
Subtitle: the politics of illusion
By: W. Lance Bennett ; with a foreword by Doris Graber.
Edition: 7th ed.
Series: Longman classics in political science
Publisher: Pearson Longman
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 305
ISBN-13: 9780321421616
Subjects: Journalism -- Political aspects -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. The news about democracy; title: News and democracy; title: Gatekeeping : who and what makes the news; title: News as a democratic information system; title: Politicians, press, and the people; title: A definition of news; title: The new gatekeeping; title: How mediated government works; title: Case study : governing with the news as terror comes to America; title: The fragile link between news and democracy; title: Why free speech cannot guarantee good information; title: Soft news and the turn away from politics; title: Myths about news bias; title: Putting journalistic bias in perspective; title: What kind of news would better serve democracy?; title: Notes; title: 2. News content; title: A different kind of bias; title: Four information biases that matter : an overview; title: Cast study : how George W. Bush got his swagger; title: Four information biases in the news : an in-depth look; title: Bias as part of the political information system; title: New bias and discouraged citizens; title: Reform anyone?; title: Notes; title: 3. Citizens and the news; title: Priming public opinion on Iraq; title: News, strategic information, and public opinion : the citizen's dilemma; title: Internet versus mass media : why mainstream news still matters; title: Processing the news; title: Why people prefer TV : audio and visual information; title: News frames and political learning; title: Case study : national attention deficit disorder?; title: News and personal experience : what gets through; title: Uses and gratifications : other reasons people follow the news; title: - Citizen, information, and politics; title: Notes; title: 4. How politicians make the news; title: The politics of illusion; title: The sources of political news; title: Case study : selling the Iraq war; title: News images as strategic political communication; title: News bias and press-government relations; title: The goals of strategic political communication; title: Symbolic politics and the techniques of image making; title: News management : the basics; title: News management styles and the modern presidency; title: Press relations : feeding the beast; title: Government and the politics of newsmaking; title: Notes; title: 5. How journalists report the news; title: Work routines and professional norms; title: When routines produce high-quality reporting; title: Case study : top ten reasons the press took a pass on the Iraq war; title: How reporting practices contribute to news bias; title: Reporters and officials : cooperation and control; title: Reporters as members of news organizations : pressures to standardize; title: Reporters as a pack : pressures to agree; title: The paradox of organizational routines; title: When journalism works; title: Democracy with or without citizens?; title: Notes; title: 6. Inside the profession; title: Journalists and their profession; title: The paradox of objective reporting; title: Defining objectivity : fairness, balance, and truth; title: The curious origins of objective journalism; title: Professional journalisms in practice; title: Objectivity reconsidered; title: Case study : why mainstream professional journalism favors spin over truth; title: Notes; title: 7. The political economy of news; title: The economic transformation of the American media; title: Corporate profit logic and news content; title: The political economy of news; title: Economics versus democracy : inside the news business; title: The media monopoly : arguments for and against; title: Case study : the Telecommunications Act of 1996 and the citizen's movement of social responsibility in broadcast standards; title: Effects of the media monopoly : five information trends; title: How does corporate influence operate?; title: News on the Internet : perfecting the commercialization of information?; title: Commercialized information and citizen confidence; title: Megatrends : technology, economics, and social change; title: Notes; title: 8. All the news that fits democracy; title: The deliberative citizen; title: Personalized information and the future of democracy; title: Whither the public sphere?; title: The news about the private (commercial) media system; title: The news about public broadcasting; title: The news about objective journalism; title: News and power in America : ideal versus reality; title: Why the myth of a free press persists; title: Proposals for citizens, journalists, and politicians; title: Case study : citizen input, from interactive news to desktop democracy; title: The promise and peril of virtual democracy; title: Corporate social responsibility : a place to start; title: Notes.