Studies in Communication, Media, and Public Opinion – serie
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In Defense of Negativity
Attack Ads in Presidential Campaigns
Av John G. Geer
Häftad, 2006
290 kr
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Americans tend to see negative campaign ads as just that: negative. Pundits, journalists, voters, and scholars frequently complain that such ads undermine elections and even democratic government itself. But John G. Geer here takes the opposite stance, arguing that when political candidates attack …
When the Press Fails
Political Power and the News Media from Iraq to Katrina
Av W. Lance Bennett, Regina G. Lawrence m. fl.
Häftad, 2008
162 kr
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A sobering look at the intimate relationship between political power and the news media, "When the Press Fails" argues that the dependence of reporters on official sources disastrously thwarts coverage of dissenting voices from outside the Beltway.The result is both an indictment of official spin …
Campaigning for Hearts and Minds
How Emotional Appeals in Political Ads Work
Av Ted Brader
Häftad, 2006
299 kr
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It is common knowledge that televised political ads are meant to appeal to voters' emotions, yet little is known about how or if these tactics actually work. Ted Brader's innovative book is the first scientific study to examine the effects that these emotional appeals in political advertising have …
Why Welfare States Persist
The Importance of Public Opinion in Democracies
Häftad, 2007
265 kr
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The world's richer democracies all provide such public benefits as pensions and health care, but why are some far more generous than others? And why, in the face of globalization and fiscal pressures, has the welfare state not been replaced by another model? Reconsidering the myriad issues raised …
Governing With the News, Second Edition
The News Media as a Political Institution
Häftad, 2005
289 kr
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The ideal of a neutral, objective press has proven in recent years to be just that - an ideal. In Governing with the News, Timothy E. Cook goes far beyond the single claim that the press is not impartial to argue that the news media are in fact a political institution integral to the day-to-day …
Projections of Power
Framing News, Public Opinion, and U.S. Foreign Policy
Häftad, 2003
276 kr
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To succeed in foreign policy, U.S. presidents have to sell their versions or framings of political events to the news media and to the public. But since the end of the Cold War, journalists have increasingly resisted presidential views, even offering their own spin on events. What, then, determines …
Why Americans Hate Welfare
Race, Media, and the Politics of Antipoverty Policy
Häftad, 2000
299 kr
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Drawing on surveys of public attitudes and analyses of more than 40 years of television and newsmagazine stories on poverty, this book demonstrates how public opposition to welfare is fed by a potent combination of racial stereotypes and misinformation about the true nature of America's poor. But …
Processing Politics
Learning from Television in the Internet Age
Häftad, 2001
290 kr
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How often do we hear that Americans are so ignorant about politics that their civic competence is impaired, and that the media are to blame because thay do a dismal job of informing the public? Integrating a broad range of research on how people learn, this text shows that televised presentations - …
Reading Public Opinion
How Political Actors View the Democratic Process
Av Susan Herbst
Inbunden, 1998
857 kr
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Drawing on ideas from political science, sociology and psychology this text explores how three sets of political participants - legislative staffers, political activists and journalists - actually evaluate and assess public opinion. The text gives one approach to understanding how public opinion …
Reading Public Opinion
How Political Actors View the Democratic Process
Av Susan Herbst
Häftad, 1998
325 kr
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Drawing on ideas from political science, sociology and psychology this text explores how three sets of political participants - legislative staffers, political activists and journalists - actually evaluate and assess public opinion. The text gives one approach to understanding how public opinion …
Politicians Don't Pander
Political Manipulation and the Loss of Democratic Responsiveness
Av Lawrence R. Jacobs, Robert Y. Shapiro
Häftad, 2000
265 kr
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Public opinion polls are everywhere. Journalists report their results without hesitation, and political activists of all kinds spend millions of dollars on them, fuelling the widespread assumption that elected officials "pander" to public opinion -that they tailor their policy decisions to the …
Mobilizing Public Opinion
Black Insurgency and Racial Attitudes in the Civil Rights Era
Av Taeku Lee
Inbunden, 2002
1218 kr
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What motivates us to change our opinions during times of political protest and social unrest? To investigate this question, Taeku Lee's smartly argued book looks to the critical struggle over the moral principles, group interests, and racial animosities that defined public support for racial …
Mobilizing Public Opinion
Black Insurgency and Racial Attitudes in the Civil Rights Era
Av Taeku Lee
Häftad, 2002
325 kr
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What motivates us to change our opinions during times of political protest and social unrest? To investigate this question, Taeku Lee's smartly argued book looks to the critical struggle over the moral principles, group interests, and racial animosities that defined public support for racial …
Racialized Politics
The Debate about Racism in America
Av David O. Sears, James Sidanius m. fl.
Häftad, 2000
402 kr
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Are Americans less prejudiced now than they were in the 1970s, or has racism simply gone "underground"? Is racism something that is learned as children, or is it a result of certain social groups striving to maintain their privileged positions in society? In this text, political scientists, …
American Business and Political Power
Public Opinion, Elections, and Democracy
Häftad, 2000
299 kr
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Most people believe that large corporations wield enormous political power when they lobby for policies as a cohesive bloc. With this controversial book, Mark A. Smith sets conventional wisdom on its head. In a systematic analysis of postwar lawmaking, Smith reveals that business loses in …
Talking about Race
Community Dialogues and the Politics of Difference
Inbunden, 2007
857 kr
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It is a perennial question: how should Americans deal with racial and ethnic diversity? More than 400 communities across the country have attempted to answer it by organizing discussions among diverse volunteers in an attempt to improve race relations. In "Talking about Race", Katherine Cramer …
Talking about Politics
Informal Groups and Social Identity in American Life
Inbunden, 2003
857 kr
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Whether at parties, around the dinner table, or at the office, people talk about politics all the time. Yet while such conversations are a common part of everyday life, political scientists know very little about how they actually work. In Talking about Politics, Katherine Cramer Walsh provides an …
Talking about Politics
Informal Groups and Social Identity in American Life
Häftad, 2003
316 kr
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Whether at parties, around the dinner table, or at the office, people talk about politics all the time. Yet while such conversations are a common part of everyday life, political scientists know very little about how they actually work. In Talking about Politics, Katherine Cramer Walsh provides an …
Dangerous Frames
How Ideas about Race and Gender Shape Public Opinion
Häftad, 2008
265 kr
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In addition to their obvious roles in American politics, race and gender also work in hidden ways to profoundly influence the way we think - and vote - about a vast array of issues that don't seem related to either category. As Nicholas J. G. Winter reveals in "Dangerous Frames", politicians and …
Governing With the News, Second Edition
The News Media as a Political Institution
Inbunden, 2005
711 kr
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The ideal of a neutral, objective press has proven in recent years to be just that - an ideal. In Governing with the News, Timothy E. Cook goes far beyond the single claim that the press is not impartial to argue that the news media are in fact a political institution integral to the day-to-day …
Processing Politics
Learning from Television in the Internet Age
Inbunden, 2001
711 kr
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How often do we hear that Americans are so ignorant about politics that their civic competence is impaired, and that the media are to blame because thay do a dismal job of informing the public? Integrating a broad range of research on how people learn, this text shows that televised presentations - …
Politicians Don't Pander
Political Manipulation and the Loss of Democratic Responsiveness
Av Lawrence R. Jacobs, Robert Y. Shapiro
Inbunden, 2000
857 kr
Tillfälligt slut
Public opinion polls are everywhere. Journalists report their results without hesitation, and political activists of all kinds spend millions of dollars on them, fuelling the widespread assumption that elected officials "pander" to public opinion -that they tailor their policy decisions to the …
American Business and Political Power
Public Opinion, Elections, and Democracy
Inbunden, 2000
665 kr
Tillfälligt slut
Most people believe that large corporations wield enormous political power when they lobby for policies as a cohesive bloc. With this controversial book, Mark A. Smith sets conventional wisdom on its head. In a systematic analysis of postwar lawmaking, Smith reveals that business loses in …
Dangerous Frames
How Ideas about Race and Gender Shape Public Opinion
Inbunden, 2008
587 kr
Tillfälligt slut
In addition to their obvious roles in American politics, race and gender also work in hidden ways to profoundly influence the way we think - and vote - about a vast array of issues that don't seem related to either category. As Nicholas J. G. Winter reveals in "Dangerous Frames", politicians and …
