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Zusatztext "[I]f Cohen does not find empirical resolution to the puzzles of the presidential news system, he does the next best thing by skillfully illuminating important targets of inquiry for future research. For this he is to be commended, and The Presidency in the Era of 24-Hour News deserves a wide audience." ---Glenn W Richardson, Presidential Studies Quarterly Informationen zum Autor Jeffrey E. Cohen is professor of political science at Fordham University. He is the author of Presidential Responsiveness and Public Policy-Making . Klappentext The Presidency in the Era of 24-Hour News examines how changes in the news media since the golden age of television--when three major networks held a near monopoly on the news people saw in the United States--have altered the way presidents communicate with the public and garner popular support. How did Bill Clinton manage to maintain high approval ratings during the Monica Lewinsky scandal? Why has the Iraq war mired George Bush in the lowest approval ratings of his presidency? Jeffrey Cohen reveals how the decline of government regulation and the growth of Internet and cable news outlets have made news organizations more competitive, resulting in decreased coverage of the president in the traditional news media and an increasingly negative tone in the coverage that does occur. He traces the dwindling of public trust in the news and shows how people pay less attention to it than they once did. Cohen argues that the news media's influence over public opinion has decreased considerably as a result, and so has the president's ability to influence the public through the news media. This has prompted a sea change in presidential leadership style. Engaging the public less to mobilize broad support, presidents increasingly cultivate special-interest groups that often already back the White House's agenda. This book carries far-reaching implications for the future of presidential governance and American democracy in the era of new media. Zusammenfassung Traces the dwindling of public trust in the news and shows how people pay less attention to it than they once did. The author argues that the news media's influence over public opinion has decreased considerably as a result, and so has the president's ability to influence the public through the news media. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations vii List of Tables ix Preface xi Acknowledgments xiii CHAPTER 1: The Growing Disconnect between Presidential News Coverage and Public Opinion 1 CHAPTER 2: The Presidential News System during the Golden Age of Presidential Television 18 CHAPTER 3: The New Media Age and the Decline in Presidential News 49 CHAPTER 4: Change in Presidential News over the Long Haul: The New York Times Historical Series, 1857-1998 71 CHAPTER 5: The Increasing Negativity in Presidential News in the Age of New Media 89 CHAPTER 6: Sources of Negativity in Presidential News during the Age of New Media 107 CHAPTER 7: The Declining Audience for News and the New Media Age 135 CHAPTER 8: Declining Trust in the News Media and the New Media Age 160 CHAPTER 9: The Implications of the New Media on the Presidential News System and Presidential Leadership 175 CHAPTER 10: Conclusions: The New Media, the Presidency, and American Politics 201 Notes 209 Bibliography 233 Index 251 ...
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Jeffrey E. Cohen is professor of political science at Fordham University. He is the author of
Presidential Responsiveness and Public Policy-Making.
