News That Matters: Television and American Opinion

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University of Chicago Press, 1987 - 187 pages
"News That Matters does matter, because it demonstrates conclusively that television newscasts powerfully affect opinion. . . . All that follows, whether it supports, modifies, or challenges their conclusions, will have to begin here."—Aaron Wildavsky, The Public Interest

"Because of its methodological integrity and richness, News That Matters is likely to be regarded as an impressive, possibliy grounbreaking work."—Neil Postman, New York Times Book Review
 

Table des matières

A Primordial Power?
Pathways to Knowledge Experimentation and the Analysis of Televisions Power
2
The AgendaSetting Effect
12
Vivid Cases and Lead Stories
30
Personal Predicaments and National Problems
43
Victims of AgendaSetting
50
The Priming Effect
59
Priming and Presidential Character
69
Victims of Priming
86
Electoral Consequences of Priming
94
News That Matters
108
Appendix A
132
Notes
151
Bibliography
169
Index
179
Droits d'auteur

Priming and Presidential Responsibility
78

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À propos de l'auteur (1987)

Shanto Iyengar is the Harry and Norman Chandler Professor of Communication, professor of political science, and director of the Political Communication Lab at Stanford University. He is the author of several other books. Donald R. Kinder is the Philip E. Converse Collegiate Professor in the Department of Political Science and research professor in the Center for Political Studies of the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan.

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