Danielle C. Vinson is Professor of Political Science, Furman University.

"Danielle Vinson's outstanding new book, Congress and the Media, demonstrates that going public through the media is an increasingly vital way in which members of Congress-particularly those with less power-seek to influence the direction of public policy. In a period of centralized congressional power, a free media helps insure that minority voices are heard-and can matter!"--Lawrence C. Dodd, Manning J. Dauer Eminent Scholar in Political Science,University of Florida"In Congress and the Media, Danielle Vinson expertly blends content analysis, case studies, and personal interviews to produce the best general treatment of 'going public' on Capitol Hill in many years. The book is a must-read for legislative scholars and a worthy addition to courses about the national legislature."--C. Lawrence Evans, Professor of Government and Public Policy, William & Mary

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgements1 Introduction: Congress Goes Public2 Four Decades of Going Public in Congress3 Why Congressional Members Go Public4 New Paths to Influence: Broadcast and New Media5 Congress Responds to the President: the Case of Social Security ReformCo-authored with Megan L. Remmel6 Overcoming Institutional Weakness: the Congressional Black Caucus Goes Public7 A Tale of Two Senators: Adapting Public Strategies to Different Goals8 The Possibilities and Limits of Going Public in CongressAppendixReferencesIndex

Danielle C. Vinson is Professor of Political Science, Furman University.

"Danielle Vinson's outstanding new book, Congress and the Media, demonstrates that going public through the media is an increasingly vital way in which members of Congress-particularly those with less power-seek to influence the direction of public policy. In a period of centralized congressional power, a free media helps insure that minority voices are heard-and can matter!"--Lawrence C. Dodd, Manning J. Dauer Eminent Scholar in Political Science,University of Florida"In Congress and the Media, Danielle Vinson expertly blends content analysis, case studies, and personal interviews to produce the best general treatment of 'going public' on Capitol Hill in many years. The book is a must-read for legislative scholars and a worthy addition to courses about the national legislature."--C. Lawrence Evans, Professor of Government and Public Policy, William & Mary

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgements1 Introduction: Congress Goes Public2 Four Decades of Going Public in Congress3 Why Congressional Members Go Public4 New Paths to Influence: Broadcast and New Media5 Congress Responds to the President: the Case of Social Security ReformCo-authored with Megan L. Remmel6 Overcoming Institutional Weakness: the Congressional Black Caucus Goes Public7 A Tale of Two Senators: Adapting Public Strategies to Different Goals8 The Possibilities and Limits of Going Public in CongressAppendixReferencesIndex

Danielle C. Vinson is Professor of Political Science, Furman University.

"Danielle Vinson's outstanding new book, Congress and the Media, demonstrates that going public through the media is an increasingly vital way in which members of Congress-particularly those with less power-seek to influence the direction of public policy. In a period of centralized congressional power, a free media helps insure that minority voices are heard-and can matter!"--Lawrence C. Dodd, Manning J. Dauer Eminent Scholar in Political Science,University of Florida"In Congress and the Media, Danielle Vinson expertly blends content analysis, case studies, and personal interviews to produce the best general treatment of 'going public' on Capitol Hill in many years. The book is a must-read for legislative scholars and a worthy addition to courses about the national legislature."--C. Lawrence Evans, Professor of Government and Public Policy, William & Mary

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgements1 Introduction: Congress Goes Public2 Four Decades of Going Public in Congress3 Why Congressional Members Go Public4 New Paths to Influence: Broadcast and New Media5 Congress Responds to the President: the Case of Social Security ReformCo-authored with Megan L. Remmel6 Overcoming Institutional Weakness: the Congressional Black Caucus Goes Public7 A Tale of Two Senators: Adapting Public Strategies to Different Goals8 The Possibilities and Limits of Going Public in CongressAppendixReferencesIndex