The mass media, public opinion, and public policy analysis : linkage explorations

Main Author: Strouse, James C.
Language:English
Published: Columbus, Ohio: C.E. Merrill Pub. Co., [1975].
Series:Merrill political science series
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Online Access:https://books.google.com/books?id=dwUqAQAAMAAJ
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Linkage models, public opinion, and media effect
  • Professional public relations and political power
  • Causal factors and media influence in voters' choice
  • Presidential manipulation and reporters' bias : the eternal conflict
  • The Watergate scandal : the opinion-policy process exposed
  • Blacks and the mass media
  • The media and society : theories of media effects
  • The mass media and political change : an empirical test
  • The wired nation : social and political implications
  • Some concluding thoughts and new research avenues.