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Author: Stephen Frantzich
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint: Routledge
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.40cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.453kg
ISBN: 9781612054247
ISBN 10: 1612054242
Pages: 222
Publication Date: 10 September 2015
Audience:
College/higher education
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General/trade
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
""Frantzich offers the media and students of the US Congress an up-to-date account of the interactions, machinations, and interdependencies between the legislative branch and the Fourth Estate. Frantzich’s book comes at a time when both institutions are challenged by new ways in which the public consumes journalism. This timely study provides readers with a well-rounded exploration of how Congressional members use the media to advance agendas, promote policies, and increase name recognition, and how news media cover the activities of Congress as well as its individual members. Throughout, Frantzich provides insightful, grounded, empirically supported critiques regarding the role of modern media in a representative democracy...Summing Up: Recommended."" - J. C. Davis, University of Arkansas at Monticello, CHOICE Review
Frantzich offers the media and students of the US Congress an up-to-date account of the interactions, machinations, and interdependencies between the legislative branch and the Fourth Estate. Frantzich's book comes at a time when both institutions are challenged by new ways in which the public consumes journalism. This timely study provides readers with a well-rounded exploration of how Congressional members use the media to advance agendas, promote policies, and increase name recognition, and how news media cover the activities of Congress as well as its individual members. Throughout, Frantzich provides insightful, grounded, empirically supported critiques regarding the role of modern media in a representative democracy...Summing Up: Recommended. - J. C. Davis, University of Arkansas at Monticello, CHOICE Review
Author Information
Stephen E. Frantzich is Professor of Political Science at the U.S. Naval Academy, where he was selected as outstanding civilian professor in 1990. He is the author of over two dozen books and has served as a consultant to the U.S. Congress, Dirksen Center, C-SPAN, and a variety of foreign parliaments. He was one of the pioneers in the study of the impact of information technology on American politics. In his spare time, he run Books for International Goodwill (www.big-books.org), which has distributed over 7 million books to underserved populations around the world.
