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1	Media Politics: A Citizen's Guide more books like this by Professor Shanto Iyengar, Jennifer McGrady, Shanto Lyengar add to wishlist Media Politics encourages students to examine how the media affect American politics and how politicians influence the media in order get elected, stay in power, and achieve policy goals. see all copies from $28.00! new only from $42.75!
2	American Aurora: A Democratic-Republican Returns: The Suppressed History of Our Nation's Beginnings and the Heroic Newspaper That Tried to Report It more books like this by Richard Rosenfeld, Professor Edmund S Morgan (Introduction by) add to wishlist The absorbing chronicle of America's first oppositionist newspaper from 1790 through 1800, "American Aurora" "tells the story of the first government assault on free speech, immigrant communities, religious minorities, and the political left" ("The Nation"). see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.95! \| first editions
3	Mightier Than the Sword: How the News Media Have Shaped American History more books like this by Rodger Streitmatter add to wishlist In this pathbreaking book, Rodger Streitmatter takes the reader on a sightseeing tour of American history as influenced by the public press, visiting fourteen landmark events in U.S. history, from the abolitionist movement and the struggle for women's rights to the civil rights movement and Watergate. These are events that stir the political ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.97! \| SVS
4	Reporting from Washington: The History of the Washington Press Corps more books like this by Donald A Ritchie add to wishlist Donald Ritchie here offers a vibrant chronicle of news coverage in our nation's capital, from the early days of radio and print reporting and the heyday of the wire services to the brave new world of the Internet. Beginning with 1932, when a newly elected FDR energized the sleepy capital, Ritchie highlights the dramatic changes in journalism that ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.98! \| first editions \| SVS
5	War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death more books like this by Norman Solomon add to wishlist "War Made Easy" cuts through the dense web of spin to probe and scrutinize the key "perception management" techniques that have played huge roles in the promotion of American wars in recent decades. This guide to disinformation analyzes American military adventures past and present to reveal striking similarities in the efforts of various ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Watchdogs of Democracy?: The Waning Washington Press Corps and How It Has Failed the Public more books like this by Dr. Helen Thomas add to wishlist A legendary journalist and bestselling author delivers a hard-hitting manifesto on the precipitous decline in the quality and ethics of political reportage and issues a clarion call for change. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Outright Barbarous: How the Violent Language of the Right Poisons American Democracy more books like this by Jeffrey Feldman add to wishlist "Outright Barbarous turns the spotlight on the rhetorical thuggery of the Right, exposing how the verbal excesses are being perpetrated not just by media blowhards like Ann Coulter and Rush Limbaugh but by conservative thought leaders. But Feldman does more than point fingers; he offers practical steps for cleaning up our too-often-toxic political ... see all copies from $7.46! new only from $8.97! \| SVS
8	Women for President: Media Bias in Eight Campaigns more books like this by Erika Falk add to wishlist When Hillary Clinton announced her 2008 bid for president she was the Democratic front-runner. Despite this, she received less coverage than Barack Obama, who trailed her in the polls. Such a disparity is indicative of the gender bias the media has demonstrated in covering women candidates since the first woman ran for America's highest office in ... see all copies from $11.50! new only from $13.58! \| SVS
9	The Institutions of American Democracy: The Press more books like this by Geneva Overholser (Editor), Kathleen Hall Jamieson (Editor) add to wishlist American democracy is built on its institutions. The Congress, the presidency, and the judiciary, in particular, undergird the rights and responsibilities of every citizen. The free press, for example, protected by the First Amendment, allows for the dissent so necessary in a democracy. How has this institution changed since the nation's founding? ... see all copies from $3.25! new only from $8.72! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Talk to Me: Listening Between the Lines more books like this by Anna Deavere Smith add to wishlist Smith, a former MacArthur Fellow, brings the observant eye she is famous for to D.C. and into the Oval Office in this investigative memoir. In Smith's one-woman political dramas, her embodiment of character is based on thorough interviews where she notes not only the words her subjects speak, but the minutiae of tone and body language. In this ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.90! \| signed copies \| first editions
11 view cover	Congress, the Press, and Political Accountability more books like this by R Douglas Arnold add to wishlist "Congress, the Press, and Political Accountability" is the first large-scale examination of how local media outlets cover members of the United States Congress. Douglas Arnold asks: do local newspapers provide the information citizens need in order to hold representatives accountable for their actions in office? In contrast with previous studies, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.98! \| SVS
12 view cover	Talk to Me: Travels in Media and Politics more books like this by Anna Deavere Smith add to wishlist Anna Deveare Smith's award-winning one-woman shows were borne of her uniquely brilliant ability to listen. In Talk to Me she applies her rare talent to the language of political power in America. Believing that character and language are inextricably bound, Smith sets out to discern the essence of America by listening to its people and trying ... see all copies from $3.15! new only from $8.40! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Projections of Power: Framing News, Public Opinion, and U.S. Foreign Policy more books like this by Robert M Entman add to wishlist Robert M. Entman develops a powerful new model of how media framing works - a model that allows him to explain why the media cheered American victories over small-time dictators in Grenada and Panama but barely noticed far more difficult missions in Haiti and Kosovo. see all copies from $7.95! new only from $11.93!
14 view cover	The Dissident Press more books like this by Lauren Kessler add to wishlist Kessler challenges the idea that the worlds of media and journalism have ever conformed to a 'free marketplace' image. This present volume investigates a handful of the many fringe groups who, denied access to the mainstream, started marketplaces of their own. Journalistic efforts in six groups are explored: Black Americans; utopians and ... see all copies from $7.95! new only from $54.61! \| SVS
15 view cover	Sneaking Into the Flying Circus: How the Media Turn Our Presidential Campaigns Into Freak Shows more books like this by Alexandra Pelosi add to wishlist The author provides an up-close perspective on the highs and lows of campaignlife: the genuine thrill of seeing America, the unrelenting grind of campaignstops, and the heartache of poll results. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Peepshow: Media and Politics in an Age of Scandal more books like this by Larry Sabato, Mark Stencel, Professor S Robert Lichter add to wishlist The line dividing public life and private behavior in American politics is more blurred than ever. When it comes to questions about sex, substance abuse, and family life, anything goes on the political desk in many newsrooms, including uncorroborated hearsay disguised as news. Peepshow looks behind the scenes at news coverage of political scandals ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.88! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Television News and the Supreme Court: All the News That's Fit to Air? more books like this by Elliot E Slotnick, Jennifer A Segal add to wishlist This book offers the most in-depth analysis of journalistic attention to the Supreme Court (primarily television) currently available. It combines penetrating and remarkably frank interviews with prominent Supreme Court journalists with extensive examination of videotapes of network television news coverage of the Court, to provide a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.00! \| first editions \| SVS
18	God Willing: Political Fundamentalism in the White House, the ' more books like this by David Domke add to wishlist In the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks, President George W. Bush and his administration offered a 'political fundamentalism' that capitalized upon the fear felt by many Americans. Political fundamentalism is the adaptation of a conservative religious worldview, via strategic language choices and communication approaches, into a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.51! \| signed copies \| SVS
19 view cover	Adventures in Medialand: Behind the News, Beyond the Pundits more books like this by Jeff Cohen, Norman Solomon add to wishlist Molly Ivins says in her introduction: "Dive in and enjoy some of the best press-bashing, honest sleuthing, news-consumer tips and happy hell-raising with the powers-that-be to be found anywhere." And Studs Terkel calls this book "an essential work." see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Feet to the Fire: The Media After 9/11: Top Journalists Speak Out more books like this by Kristina Borjesson (Editor) add to wishlist In "Into the Buzzsaw", the award-winning expose of investigative journalism, Kristina Borgesson shattered the silence about efforts to quash the public's right to know the truth. In "Feet to the Fire", she breaks new ground by offering candid, often alarming conversations with America's most distinguished journalists and news executives, revealing ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.05! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Knightfall: Knight Ridder and How the Erosion of Newspaper Journalism Is Putting Democracy at Risk more books like this by Davis Merritt add to wishlist With corporate balance sheets dictating what we read, freedom of speech is in peril - and freedom itself may be compromised. In 1974, two publicly held media empires merged to become one of America's largest newspaper publishers. Knight Newspapers' editorial strengths and Ridder Publications' business strengths looked like a natural mix. But ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Canaries in the Mineshaft: Essays on Politics and Media more books like this by Renata Adler add to wishlist Adler, a former reporter for The New Yorker, presents a collection of essays on the media's maladroit coverage of current events ranging from Watergate to the scandals of the Clinton era. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.52! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Portraying the President: The White House and the News Media more books like this by Professor Michael Baruch Grossman, Kumar add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $24.85! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	The Presidency in the Era of 24-Hour News more books like this by Jeffrey E Cohen add to wishlist "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 ... see all copies from $19.29! new only from $19.29!
25 view cover	Fanatics and Fire-Eaters: Newspapers and the Coming of the Civil War more books like this by Lorman A Ratner, Dwight L Teeter, Jr. add to wishlist During the years just before the Civil War, key newspapers in the United States became true mass media for the first time, reaching American society as never before. In "Fanatics and Fire-eaters", Lorman A. Ratner and Dwight L. Teeter, Jr., examine how this newly acquired power was used and how it exacerbated festering regional issues - ... see all copies from $6.56! new only from $13.58! \| first editions \| SVS

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