Framing Inequality - News Media, Public Opinion, Neoliberal Turn in U.s. Public Policy

This book argues that political-economic features of the U.S. commercial media system have generated news coverage that favors neoliberal viewpoints during pivotal domestic policy debates since the early 1980s. It also demonstrates that this coverage can shape public opinion to support policies that exacerbate economic and political inequality.

About the author

Matt Guardino is Associate Professor of political science at Providence College. A former journalist, his research applies social-scientific and cultural approaches to analyze media, political discourse and public opinion. His work has appeared in several academic journals and edited volumes. He is the co-author (with Danny Hayes) of Influence from Abroad: Foreign Voices, the Media, and U.S. Public Opinion (Cambridge University Press, 2013).

Summary

This book argues that political-economic features of the U.S. commercial media system have generated news coverage that favors neoliberal viewpoints during pivotal domestic policy debates since the early 1980s. It also demonstrates that this coverage can shape public opinion to support policies that exacerbate economic and political inequality.

Additional text

Framing Inequality is an important contribution to our understanding of news media and politics. Guardino makes and original and important argument based on fresh research and a mastery of the literature in the field of political communication. This is a must read for scholars and citizens alike

Product details

• Authors: Matt Guardino, Matt (Assistant Professor of Political S Guardino, Matt (Associate Professor of Political S Guardino, Matt (Associate Professor of Political Science Guardino, Guardino Matt
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2019
• EAN: 9780190888183
• ISBN: 978-0-19-088818-3
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: Studies in Postwar American Political Development; Studies in Postwar American Po; Studies in Postwar American Political Development; Studies in Postwar American Po
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, Press & journalism, Public Administration, Political Economy, United States of America, USA, News media and journalism