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1 online resource (xii, 361 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Communication, society and politics
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Communication, society, and politics.
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| Summary |
"The new media environment has challenged the role of professional journalists as the primary source of politically relevant information. After Broadcast News puts this challenge into historical context, arguing that it is the latest of several critical moments, driven by economic, political, cultural and technological changes, in which the relationship among citizens, political elites and the media has been contested. Out of these past moments, distinct 'media regimes' eventually emerged, each with its own seemingly natural rules and norms, and each the result of political struggle with clear winners and losers. The media regime in place for the latter half of the twentieth century has been dismantled, but a new regime has yet to emerge. Assuring this regime is a democratic one requires serious consideration of what was most beneficial and most problematic about past regimes and what is potentially most beneficial and most problematic about today's new information environment."-- Provided by publisher. |
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"Most people assume that professional jounalists are the ligitimate source for political information and the role of "good" citizens is to watch, read or listen to the news. In After the News we show that this particular model is only one among several that have existed in the United States; that while it had some valuable aspects, it also had very narrow notions of what kind of information was politically relevant and what the role of citizen should be; and that the new information environment (from the internet to The Daily Show) make these strengths and limitations clear"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Is there a difference between Tina Fey and Katie Couric?: policing the boundaries between news and entertainment -- Media regimes and American democracy -- And that's the way it (was): the rise and fall of the age of broadcast news -- Political reality, political power and political relevance in the changing media environment -- Politics in the emerging new media age: hyperreality, multiaxiality, and 'the Clinton scandals' -- When the media really matter: coverage of the environment in a changing media environment -- 9/11 and its aftermath: constructing a political spectacle in the new media environment -- Shaping a new media regime. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Mass media -- Political aspects -- United States.
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Mass media -- Political aspects. |
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United States. |
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Broadcast journalism -- Political aspects -- United States.
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Broadcast journalism -- Political aspects. |
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Broadcast journalism. |
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Press and politics -- United States.
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Press and politics. |
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Popular culture -- Political aspects -- United States.
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Popular culture -- Political aspects. |
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Popular culture. |
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Democracy -- United States.
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Democracy. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Delli Carpini, Michael X., 1953-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Williams, Bruce Alan. After broadcast news. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011 9781107010314 (DLC) 2011009191 (OCoLC)707486678 |
| ISBN |
9781139186049 (electronic book) |
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1139186043 (electronic book) |
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9781139190947 (electronic book) |
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1139190946 (electronic book) |
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9780511846366 (electronic book) |
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0511846363 (electronic book) |
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9786613382580 |
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6613382582 |
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9781107010314 |
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1107010314 |
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9780521279833 |
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0521279836 |
| Standard No. |
9786613382580 |
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