Justices and Journalists - The U.s. Supreme Court and the Media

Informationen zum Autor Richard Davis is a professor of political science at Brigham Young University. He is the author or co-author of several books on media and American politics, including Electing Justice: Fixing the Supreme Court Nomination Process (2005), Decisions and Images: The Supreme Court and the Press (1994), The Web of Politics (1999), Campaigning Online (2003, with Bruce Bimber) and New Media and American Politics (1998, with Diana Owen). He is chair of the Political Communication section of the American Political Science Association. Klappentext This book examines whether Supreme Court justices are becoming more publicity-conscious and why that might be happening. Zusammenfassung This book examines whether justices are becoming more publicity-conscious and why that might be happening. The book discusses the motives of justices 'going public' and details their recent increased number of television and print interviews and amount of press coverage of their speeches. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. External strategies; 2. The pressure to go public; 3. The early years; 4. The nineteenth century; 5. The twentieth century; 6. Becoming newsworthy; 7. The twenty-first century.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Davis, Richard (Brigham Young University Davis, Davis Richard
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.02.2011
• EAN: 9780521879255
• ISBN: 978-0-521-87925-5
• No. of pages: 264
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Law, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, Politics & government, Politics and government, Legal systems: courts and procedures