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Author Koch-Baumgarten, Sigrid

Title Public Policy and the Mass Media : the Interplay of Mass Communication and Political Decision Making
Published Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (252 pages)
Series Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science
Routledge/ECPR studies in European political science.
Contents Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Series editor's preface; Preface; 1 Introduction: Mass media and public policy -- is there a link?; Part I: Policy issues, agendas and the media; 2 Public policy and the mass media: An information processing approach; 3 Do the media shape parties' agenda preferences?: An empirical study of party manifestos in Belgium (1987-2003); 4 Closing the circle: A case study in the role of spin in the policy cycle; 5 Knowledge culture and power: Biotechnology and the popular press
6 Aid organizations, governments and the media: The critical role of journalists in signaling authority recognitionPart II: Policy institutions, constellations of actors and the media; 7 The media and the policy process: A policy centric approach; 8 Contested processes, contested influence: A case study of genetically modified food in Britain; 9 Going public?: (Re)presentation of women's policy in the media; 10 Public pushing for pension reform?: The short-term impact
Summary Explores the extent and circumstances under which the media affects public policy; and whether the political impact of the media is confined to the public representation of politics or whether their influence goes further to also affect the substance of political decisions
Notes Print version record
Subject Mass media -- Political aspects.
Mass media -- Social aspects.
Mass media -- Influence.
Communication in politics.
Communication in politics
Mass media -- Influence
Mass media -- Political aspects
Mass media -- Social aspects
Form Electronic book
Author Voltmer, Katrin
ISBN 9780203858493
0203858492
1282571613
9781282571617