Synopses & Reviews
This book follows the evolution of the news as a social and economic product and as a key to understanding the political process. It analyzes how the press, public and politicians coexist in the political system. This new edition reflects theoretical and empirical developments in the communication field, and a new preface gives readers a better introduction to the book's organization and approach.
This new Fourth Edition is a sweeping revision, with several new themes interwoven: the decline of the mass media and the fragmenting of the mass news audience; the rise of strategic communication and new technologies of audience targeting; the rise of negativity in the news; and the news reform movement.
Synopsis
Bennett, W. Lance, News: The Politics of Illusion, 4th Edition x\ This highly-esteemed book follows the evolution of the news, both as a social and economic product, and as a key to understanding the American political process. Offers the best overview of research on media and politics available, in-depth "Case Studies" in every chapter, and unique views from the press. A sweeping revision and several broad new themes that has been woven throughout the book to reflect important changes in recent years: 1. the decline of mass media and the fragmentation of the mass news audience; 2. the rise of strategic communication and new technologies of audience targeting; 3. the rise of news negativity; and 4. the news reform movement. For those interested in Media and Politics, Political Communication.