Remote and Controlled: Media Politics in a Cynical Age, Second Edition

ISBN-13: 9780367319465 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019

Matthew Robert Kerbel

Opis

Given how the media portray the political system, how can we educate ourselves about politics without feeling alienated? The amount of information now available to the public about government is without precedent, and contemporary media bring the political action closer than ever before. But in an age when reports on the manipulative behavior and c

Spis treści

Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Under the President's Clothes -- Two Hundred Years of Politics and Reporting -- A War of Words: Coverage of Politics and the Politics of Coverage -- Presidential Governance and Other Fantasies -- What About Us? -- Discussion Questions

O autorze

Matthew R. Kerbel has been writing about the news media ever since he stopped writing for the news media. A one-time radio and television newswriter and employee of Public Broadcasting, he is author of three books on television and politics, and is professor of political science at Villanova University. He lives in Wayne, PA with his wife Adrienne and his daughter Gabrielle.