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Tables of Contents for The Politics of News
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Contributors
vii
4
Preface
xi
Introduction: Political Communication in a Democracy
1
16
Doris Graber
Denis McQuail
Pippa Norris
SECTION I: JOURNALISTS
17
53
1 Political Roles of the Journalist
17
16
Thomas E. Patterson
2 Transition and Democratization: The Role of Journalists in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union
33
24
Ellen Mickiewicz
3 Reporting Presidential Campaigns: A Journalist's View
57
13
Walter Cronkite
SECTION II: POLITICAL ACTORS
70
62
4 Government News Management
70
24
Barbara Pfetsch
5 The News Shapers: Strategic Communication as a Third Force in News Making
94
16
Jarol B. Manheim
6 The Role of the Press in the Health Care Reform Debate of 1993-1994
110
22
Kathleen Hall Jamieson
Joseph N. Cappella
SECTION III: THE PUBLIC'S VOICE
132
61
7 The Public Journalism Movement and Its Problems
132
18
Michael Schudson
8 Public Opinion and Polling
150
21
Kathleen A. Frankovic
9 Market Research and the Audience for Political News
171
22
Doug Underwood
SECTION IV: NEW TECHNOLOGIES
193
58
10 Media Concentration, Economics, and Regulation
193
25
Robert G. Picard
11 The Media and Public Policy
218
20
David L. Paletz
12 The Global Impact of New Technologies
238
13
W. Russell Neuman
Conclusion: Challenges for Public Policy
251
8
Denis McQuail
Doris Graber
Pippa Norris
Index
259