This is the first book dealing with the media and North American politics that brings together the perspectives of academics, reporters, commentators, campaign consultants and policy makers.

The contributions combine the best social science research on political communication with the expertise of some of America's leading journalists and political consultants. The book covers an extensive range of research issues including: the forces that influence the production of news stories; the relationship between reporters and elected officials; the use of the media in political campaigns; the effects of news presentations on public opinion; and the increasing importance of the mass media in the policy process.

The Brave New World of Media Politics - Richard Reeves

PART ONE: REPORTERS, REPORTING AND THE BUSINESS OF NEWS

Overview - Richard Reeves

The Socialization of Reporters - Lou Cannon

The American Journalist in the 1990s - David H Weaver and G Cleveland Wilhoit

Covering the OJ Trial - Bill Boyarsky

Show and Tell - Rita Braver

Reporters Meet Politicians on Larry King Live

Oliver Stone and History - Richard Reeves

Combat Stories - Richard Cohen et al

Sound-Bite News - Daniel C Hallin

Television Coverage of Elections

The US Media - Ben Bagdikian

Supermarket or Assembly Line?

Three Blind Mice - Ken Auletta

Raiding the Global Village - Ken Auletta

The Business of Television News - Jeff Greenfield

PART TWO: REPORTERS AND PUBLIC OFFICIALS: WHO USES WHOM?

Overview - Richard Reeves

Cracking the News Code - W Lance Bennett

Some Rules That Journalists Live By

Press Theory and Journalistic Practice - William A Dorman

The Case of the Gulf War

Lying - Benjamin Bradlee

The Theodore H White Lecture at Harvard University

Who Uses Whom? - Daniel Schoor

The Theodore H White Lecture at Harvard University

PART THREE: MEDIA-BASED POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS

Overview - Shanto Iyengar

Are Media Campaigns Effective? - Larry Bartels et al

Shifting Perspectives on the Effects of Campaign Communication - Stephen Ansolabehere, Shanto Iyengar and Adam Simon

The Media - Kim F Kahn and Edie N Goldenberg

Obstacle or Ally of Feminists?

Women as Political Candidates - Celinda Lake, Linda DiVall and Shanto Iyengar

Was 1992 the Year of the Woman?

Voter Learning in the 1992 Presidential Campaign - Samuel L Popkin

Campaigning and the Press - John R Petrocik

The Influence of the Candidates

Does Attack Advertising Demobilize the Electorate? - Stephen Ansolabehere et al

PART FOUR: THE EFFECTS OF NEWS ON THE AUDIENCE: MINIMAL OR MAXIMAL CONSEQUENCES

Overview - Shanto Iyengar

Political Knowledge in Comparative Perspective - Michael D Dimock and Samuel L Popkin

A Paradigmatic History of Agenda-Setting Research - Everett M Rogers, William B Hart and James W Dearing

The News Media and the Pictures in Our Heads - Maxwell McCombs and George Estrada

News Coverage of the Gulf Crisis and Public Opinion - Shanto Iyengar and Adam Simon

A Study of Agenda-Setting, Priming, and Framing

The Anatomy of News Media Priming - Joanne M Miller and Jon A Krosnick

Framing Responsibility for Political Issues - Shanto Iyengar

The Case of Poverty

Modern Racism and Images of Blacks in Local Television News - Robert M Entman

Crime in Black and White - Franklin Gilliam et al

The Violent, Scary World of Local News

A Model of Communication Effects at the Outbreak of the Gulf War - John R Zaller

PART FIVE: THE USE OF MEDIA IN THE POLICY PROCESS

Overview - Shanto Iyengar

The Theory and Practice of Going Public - Sam Kernell

Going Public in Undemocratic Polities - Richard Anderson

Media Attention and Congressional Agendas - Frank R Baumgartner, Bryan D Jones and Beth L Leech

Press Briefing by Press Secretary - Mike McCurry

October 12 1995

Remarks by President Bill Clinton at the Second Americorps Swearing-In Ceremony

October 12 1995

Going Less Public - Jarol B Manheim

Managing Images to Influence US Foreign Policy

Putting Media Effects Research to Work - Michael Pertschuk

Lessons for Community Groups Who Would Be Heard

Talking Back, Ernie Pyle Style - Susan Bales

Framing the Framers - Vincent Schiraldi and Dan Maccalair

Changing the Debate over Juvenile Crime in San Francisco

Advocate's Guide to Developing Framing Memos - Liana Winett