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Dan Cassino - Fox News and American Politics - 9781138900103 - V9781138900103
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Fox News and American Politics

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Description for Fox News and American Politics hardcover. Series: Routledge Studies in Political Psychology. Num Pages: 222 pages, 28 black & white illustrations, 54 black & white tables, 28 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JPHF; JPVL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 430.

In recent years, scholars have argued that the ability of people to choose which channel they want to watch means that television news is just preaching to the choir, and doesn’t change any minds. However, this book shows that the media still has an enormous direct impact on American society and politics.

While past research has emphasized the indirect effects of media content on attitudes – through priming or framing, for instance – Dan Cassino argues that past data on both the public opinion and the media side wasn’t detailed enough to uncover it. Using a combination of original national ... Read more

Even in an era of declining viewership, the media – especially Fox News – are shaping our society and our politics. This book documents how this is happening, and shows the consequences for Americans. The quality of journalism is more than an academic question: when coverage focuses on questionable topics, or political bias, there are consequences.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
Series
Routledge Studies in Political Psychology
Number of Pages
222
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781138900103
SKU
V9781138900103
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1

About Dan Cassino
Dan Cassino is Associate Professor of Political Science at Fairleigh Dickinson University and Director of Experimental Research for the PublicMind poll. He conducts research on American politics and political psychology.

Reviews for Fox News and American Politics
'Dan Cassino expands our understanding of Fox News’ impact on what Americans know about politics and how they respond to political events. Particularly fascinating is the way Prof. Cassino documents Fox’s impact on the 2012 Republican nomination; the dramatic changes in the candidates’ fortunes over time are much better understood by reading this book. But the bigger picture it paints ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Fox News and American Politics


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