Media and Public Policy by Robert J. Spitzer (English) Hardcover Book

Description: Media and Public Policy by Robert J. Spitzer Political scientists and media specialists accept the commonplace assumption that the mass media have a profound and direct impact on virtually every aspect of the political process, yet remarkably few systematic studies examining the relationship between media and policy exist. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Political scientists and media specialists accept the commonplace assumption that the mass media have a profound and direct impact on virtually every aspect of the political process, yet remarkably few systematic studies examining the relationship between media and policy exist. Media and Public Policy brings together 15 prominent scholars who focus analytic attention on the underexamined connection between the media and public policymaking.Part I, which addresses theoretical perspectives, includes a chapter on media impact on the political status quo by leading expert Doris A. Graber and another on newsmaking and policymaking by Julio Borquez. Part II, Media and Domestic Policy, includes chapters on FCC decisions (Wenmouth Williams, Jr.), understanding public policy through news broadcasts (Marion Just and Ann Crigler), the role the media plays in economic development and agenda setting (Michael Hawthorne), and media and the right to privacy (Dean Alger). Jerry and Michael Medler contribute a chapter about media images as environmental policy, and Montague Kern examines the rhetoric of public policy issues in mass media elections. In the final section, Robert Sahr and Patrick OHeffernan discuss mass media and U.S. foreign policy processes in two chapters, and Holli Semetko and Edie Goldenberg examine how AIDS reporters in several countries use the media to affect policymaking. Author Biography ROBERT J. SPITZER is Professor of Political Science at the State University of New York at Cortland. He is the author of four books, including The Presidency and Public Policy, The Right to Life Movement and Third Party Politics (Greenwood Press, 1987), The Presidential Veto, and President and Congress, and editor of The Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution. Spitzer has conducted research and published many articles on public policy subjects. Table of Contents Introduction: Defining the Media-Policy Link by Robert J. SpitzerTheoretical PerspectivesMedia Impact on the Political Status Quo--What is the Evidence? by Doris A. GraberNewsmaking and Policymaking: Steps Toward a Dialogue by Julio BorquezMedia and Domestic PolicyImpact of Commissioner Background on FCC Decisions , 1975-1990 by Wenmouth Williams, Jr.Bringing the Distant Close: Learning About South Africa From the News by Marion Just and Ann CriglerThe Media, Economic Development, and Agenda Setting by Michael R. HawthorneThe Media, the Right to Privacy and Judicial Policy-Making: Rethinking Conceptual Foundations by Dean E. AlgerMedia Images as Environmental Policy by Jerry F. Medler and Michael J. MedlerThe Advertising Driven "New" Mass Media Election and the Rhetoric of Policy Issues: The 1990 Gantt-Helms Senate Race by Montague KernMedia and Comparative-Foreign Policy DimensionsCredentialing Experts: The Climate of Opinion and Journalist Selection of Sources in Domestic and Foreign Policy by Robert SahrAIDS Reporting in the United States and Britain: What Reporters Know and What They Think the Public Knows by Holli A. Semetko and Edie N. GoldenbergMass Media and U.S. Foreign Policy: A Mutual Exploitation Model of Media Influence in U.S. Foreign Policy by Patrick OHeffernanBibliographyIndex Promotional Sixteen prominent scholars analyze the underexamined connection between the media and public policymaking. Long Description Political scientists and media specialists accept the commonplace assumption that the mass media have a profound and direct impact on virtually every aspect of the political process, yet remarkably few systematic studies examining the relationship between media and policy exist. Media and Public Policy brings together 15 prominent scholars who focus analytic attention on the underexamined connection between the media and public policymaking. Part I, which addresses theoretical perspectives, includes a chapter on media impact on the political status quo by leading expert Doris A. Graber and another on newsmaking and policymaking by Julio Borquez. Part II, Media and Domestic Policy, includes chapters on FCC decisions (Wenmouth Williams, Jr.), understanding public policy through news broadcasts (Marion Just and Ann Crigler), the role the media plays in economic development and agenda setting (Michael Hawthorne), and media and the right to privacy (Dean Alger). Jerry and Michael Medler contribute a chapter about media images as environmental policy, and Montague Kern examines the rhetoric of public policy issues in mass media elections. In the final section, Robert Sahr and Patrick OHeffernan discuss mass media and U.S. foreign policy processes in two chapters, and Holli Semetko and Edie Goldenberg examine how AIDS reporters in several countries use the media to affect policymaking. Promotional "Headline" Sixteen prominent scholars analyze the underexamined connection between the media and public policymaking. Details ISBN0275943038 Series Praeger Series in Political Communication Year 1992 ISBN-10 0275943038 ISBN-13 9780275943035 Format Hardcover Publication Date 1992-11-30 Country of Publication United States Edited by Robert J. Spitzer Birth 1953 Place of Publication Westport Short Title MEDIA & PUBLIC POLICY Language English Media Book Illustrations black & white illustrations Pages 256 Imprint Praeger Publishers Inc DEWEY 302.23 UK Release Date 1992-11-30 AU Release Date 1992-11-30 NZ Release Date 1992-11-30 US Release Date 1992-11-30 Author Robert J. Spitzer Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Audience Undergraduate Audience Age 7-17 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:16434239;

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