From the Book - Tenth edition.
News in a changing information system
News stories: four information biases that matter
Citizens and the news: public opinion and information processing
How politicians make the news
How journalists report the news
Inside the profession: the objectivity crisis
The political economy of news
The future of news in a time of change.
1. The news about democracy News and democracy Gatekeeping : who and what makes the news News as a democratic information system Politicians, press, and the people A definition of news The new gatekeeping How mediated government works Case study : governing with the news as terror comes to America The fragile link between news and democracy Why free speech cannot guarantee good information Soft news and the turn away from politics Myths about news bias Putting journalistic bias in perspective What kind of news would better serve democracy? Notes 2. News content A different kind of bias Four information biases that matter : an overview Cast study : how George W. Bush got his swagger Four information biases in the news : an in-depth look Bias as part of the political information system New bias and discouraged citizens Reform anyone? Notes 3. Citizens and the news Priming public opinion on Iraq News, strategic information, and public opinion : the citizen's dilemma Internet versus mass media : why mainstream news still matters Processing the news Why people prefer TV : audio and visual information News frames and political learning Case study : national attention deficit disorder? News and personal experience : what gets through Uses and gratifications : other reasons people follow the news - Citizen, information, and politics Notes
4. How politicians make the news The politics of illusion The sources of political news Case study : selling the Iraq war News images as strategic political communication News bias and press-government relations The goals of strategic political communication Symbolic politics and the techniques of image making News management : the basics News management styles and the modern presidency Press relations : feeding the beast Government and the politics of newsmaking Notes 5. How journalists report the news Work routines and professional norms When routines produce high-quality reporting Case study : top ten reasons the press took a pass on the Iraq war How reporting practices contribute to news bias Reporters and officials : cooperation and control Reporters as members of news organizations : pressures to standardize Reporters as a pack : pressures to agree The paradox of organizational routines When journalism works Democracy with or without citizens? Notes 6. Inside the profession Journalists and their profession The paradox of objective reporting Defining objectivity : fairness, balance, and truth The curious origins of objective journalism Professional journalisms in practice Objectivity reconsidered Case study : why mainstream professional journalism favors spin over truth Notes
7. The political economy of news
The economic transformation of the American media
Corporate profit logic and news content
The political economy of news
Economics versus democracy : inside the news business
The media monopoly : arguments for and against
Case study : the Telecommunications Act of 1996 and the citizen's movement of social responsibility in broadcast standards
Effects of the media monopoly : five information trends
How does corporate influence operate?
News on the Internet : perfecting the commercialization of information?
Commercialized information and citizen confidence
Megatrends : technology, economics, and social change
8. All the news that fits democracy
Personalized information and the future of democracy
Whither the public sphere?
The news about the private (commercial) media system
The news about public broadcasting
The news about objective journalism
News and power in America : ideal versus reality
Why the myth of a free press persists
Proposals for citizens, journalists, and politicians
Case study : citizen input, from interactive news to desktop democracy
The promise and peril of virtual democracy
Corporate social responsibility : a place to start
