The Press Effect: Politicians, Journalists, and the Stories that Shape the Political World
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2004-04-08
List price: $29.99
ISBN-10: 0195173295
ISBN-13: 9780195173291
Was the 2000 presidential campaign merely a contest between Pinocchio and Dumbo? And did Dumbo miraculously turn into Abraham Lincoln after the events of September 11? In fact, Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Paul Waldman argue in The Press Effect, these stereotypes, while containing some elements of the truth, represent the failure of the press and the citizenry to engage the most important part of our political process in a critical fashion. Jamieson and Waldman analyze both press coverage and public opinion, using the Annenberg 2000 survey, which interviewed more than 100,000 people, to examine ...