To provide a comprehensive evaluation of the internet in American democracy, Bruce Bimber sets the contemporary information revolution in historical context, asserting that past developments in American history offer important lessons for understanding how the internet is affecting politics. He examines how citizens and organizations use it for political purposes and is especially interested as to whether new technology is making Americans more engaged in their government. This study about the internet and politics combines historical and survey analysis with case studies of political...
To provide a comprehensive evaluation of the internet in American democracy, Bruce Bimber sets the contemporary information revolution in historical c...
The Politics of Misinformation is an examination of how concentrations of social and economic power result in public languages of politics that are necessarily image-based, vague, and misleading in their denial of undemocratic tendencies. As a result, public discourses of democracy tend to be populistic, emotional, and likely to emphasize images of progress rather than structural inequalities in their formulations of public problems. In short, neither typical problem definitions nor solutions invite critical popular understanding or involvement in democratic politics.
The Politics of Misinformation is an examination of how concentrations of social and economic power result in public languages of politics that are ne...
Digital TV offers many advantages over analog TV, but the transition process is complex and costly. This book explains how the process is unfolding in the U.S. and Britain and explores the changes in the legal framework and the industry structure associated with it. It is a unique study about the technological, political, and social factors shaping the emergence of the Information Society in the U.S. and Europe.
Digital TV offers many advantages over analog TV, but the transition process is complex and costly. This book explains how the process is unfolding in...
Karen J. Callaghan Frauke Schnell Robert M. Entman
Most issues in American political life are complex and multifaceted, subject to multiple interpretations and points of view. How issues are framed matters enormously for the way they are understood and debated. For example, is affirmative action a just means toward a diverse society, or is it reverse discrimination? Is the war on terror a defense of freedom and liberty, or is it an attack on privacy and other cherished constitutional rights? Bringing together some of the leading researchers in American politics, "Framing American Politics" explores the roles that interest groups, political...
Most issues in American political life are complex and multifaceted, subject to multiple interpretations and points of view. How issues are framed ...
This timely and engaging book challenges the conventional wisdom on media and scandal in the United States. The common view holds that media crave and actively pursue scandals whenever they sense corruption. Scandal and Silence argues for a different perspective. Using case studies from the period 1988-2008, it shows that:
Media neglect most corruption, providing too little, not too much scandal coverage;
Scandals arise from rational, controlled processes, not emotional frenzies - and when scandals happen, it's not the media but governments and political...
This timely and engaging book challenges the conventional wisdom on media and scandal in the United States. The common view holds that media crave and...
This timely and engaging book challenges the conventional wisdom on media and scandal in the United States. The common view holds that media crave and actively pursue scandals whenever they sense corruption. Scandal and Silence argues for a different perspective. Using case studies from the period 1988-2008, it shows that:
Media neglect most corruption, providing too little, not too much scandal coverage;
Scandals arise from rational, controlled processes, not emotional frenzies - and when scandals happen, it's not the media but governments and political...
This timely and engaging book challenges the conventional wisdom on media and scandal in the United States. The common view holds that media crave and...
