The media effect : how the news influences politics and government / Jim Willis.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Democracy and the news.
Main Author: Willis, Jim, 1946 March 19-
Language:English
Published: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2007.
Series:Democracy and the news.
Subjects:
Government and the press > United States.
Press and politics > United States.
Physical Description:xiii, 162 pages ; 25 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • 1. Media impact on government : views vary
  • 2. The media and political action
  • 3. The media and national development
  • 4. How events and issues become news
  • 5. What the research reveals
  • 6. Decoding the news : a primer in media literacy
  • 7. Politics and journalists : a symbiotic relationship
  • 8. Presidents and the press
  • 9. Conducting war in a media age
  • 10. The media as the fourth estate.