A richly detailed portrait of how Americans followed the 1996 elections in the media, what biases they perceived in the coverage, how useful they found it, and how they rated the media's performance. -- Scott Keeter Coauthor of What Americans Know about Politics and Why it Matters.
Dautrich and Hartley have written a very important book on te relationship of the mass media and public opinion. Their analysis of the public impact and voter evaluation of the media reverses the typical focus of past scholarship, making this work unique. Combining sophisticated methodology and an original perspective, they raise vital questions about the problems of American democracy. -- Gerald M. Pomper Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers University, author of The Election of 1996.
If the commercial news media are so inclined to give the audience what they want, how is it that the news audience so seldom gets what it needs? That is the paradox that motivates Dautrich and Hartley's thoughtful new study of the 1996 election. Using fresh panel data from the Media Studies Center and the University of Connecticut, the authors probe the depths of public dissatisfaction and persistent concern abou media bias. -- W. Russell Neuman Coauthor of The Guardian Knot: Political Gridlock on the Information Highway.
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"Dautrich and Hartley have written a very important book on te relationship of the mass media and public opinion. Their analysis of the public impact and voter evaluation of the media reverses the typical focus of past scholarship, making this work unique. Combining sophisticated methodology and an original perspective, they raise vital questions about the problems of American democracy." -- Gerald M. Pomper, Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers University, author of The Election of 1996.
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