Governing with the News, Second Edition The News Media As a Political Institution

Name: Governing with the News, Second Edition The News Media As a Political Institution
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ISBN: 9780226115016

ISBN-10: 0226115011

ISBN-13: 9780226115016

Edition: 2nd 2005

Authors: Timothy E. Cook

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The ideal of a neutral, objective press has proven in recent years to be just that—an ideal. In Governing with the News, Timothy E. Cook goes far beyond the single claim that the press is not impartial to argue that the news media are in fact a political institution integral to the day-to-day operations of our government. This updated edition includes a new afterword by the author, which pays close attention to two key developments in the twenty-first century: the accelerating fragmentation of the mass media and the continuing decline of Americans' confidence in the press. "Provocative and often wise. . . . Cook, who has a complex understanding of the relationship between governing and the…

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List price: $33.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 8/15/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 328
Size: 0.60" wide x 0.90" long x 0.08" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction: Why Don't We Call Journalists Political Actors?



The Political Development of the American News Media



The Decline of the Sponsored Press: American Newspapers in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries



The Subsidized News Media



The Media as a Political Institution



The Institutional News Media



The Political News Media



Government by Publicity



The Uses of News: Theory and (Presidential) Practice



Beyond the White House


Conclusion: The First Amendment and the Fourth Branch-Toward Redesigning a News Media Policy


Notes


Index