Making the News - Politics, the Media, and Agenda Setting

Why do some issues go viral and then just as quickly fall off the radar? How is it that the media can sustain public interest for months in a complex story like negotiations over Obamacare while ignoring other important issues in favor of stories on "balloon boy"? This title deals with these questions.

About the author

Amber Boydstun is assistant professor of political science at the University of California, Davis in Davis, CA. She is a coauthor of "The Decline of the Death Penalty and the Discovery of Innocence."

Summary

Why do some issues go viral and then just as quickly fall off the radar? How is it that the media can sustain public interest for months in a complex story like negotiations over Obamacare while ignoring other important issues in favor of stories on "balloon boy"? This title deals with these questions.

Product details

• Authors: Amber Boydstun, Amber E Boydstun, Amber E. Boydstun
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.09.2013
• EAN: 9780226065571
• ISBN: 978-0-226-06557-1
• No. of pages: 280
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Media science; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, Media Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Media & Communications, Press & journalism, United States of America, USA, News media and journalism, Media studies: Journalism, Political control and freedoms, Political Control & Freedoms