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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Kenneth NewtonPublisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers Inc Imprint: Lynne Rienner Publishers Inc ISBN: 9781626377707ISBN 10: 1626377707 Pages: 265 Publication Date: 30 May 2019 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsSurprising News. Belief Preservation. Partisans and Party Identifiers. When the Public Is Not Buying. Personal Knowledge and Experience. Political Talk. Trust and Distrust. Diffuse and Subconscious Effects. Public Service and Commercial TV. Hyper-Pluralism in the Digital Age. Pluralist News Diets? Explaining Media Political Effects. What Politicians Should Understand.ReviewsWhat is the role of the news media in a democracy? Addressing this issue, Ken Newton marshals a wide range of evidence from diverse contexts and disciplines to provide critical insights.... Dispelling conventional myths, and providing careful scrutiny of the evidence, Surprising News is a tour de force. Pippa Norris, Harvard University and University of Sydney An impressive study that brings a new and refreshing perspective to the study of the relation between media and politics.... Newton enters into a lively dialogue with some of the key authors in this field. Marc Hooghe, Leuven University Would I buy it? Absolutely! It is well argued, broadly supported and highly enlightening. Rudiger Schmitt-Beck, University of Mannheim This important new book draws on decades of research to address a fundamental and highly controversial question of our time: How do the media affect democratic politics? Ken Newton offers a wise, subtle, and skeptical view of media effects, based on an encyclopedic review of thousands of studies from many different disciplines and countries. Robert Putnam, Harvard University Author InformationKenneth Newton is professor emeritus of comparative politics at the University of Southampton. He is the co-author (with Jan W. Van Deth) of Foundations of Comparative Politics. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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