Assessing the President: The Media, Elite Opinion, and Public Support

by Richard Brody and Richard A. Brody

Book Overview

Do presidents inevitably lose support the longer they are in office? Does the public invariably rally behind presidents during international crises? What are the criteria by which the public forms its judgment about whether or not the president is doing a good job? And what is the role of daily news reporting and elite opinion in shaping the public's perception of the president's performance? This book addresses these questions and many others...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804720967
• ISBN13: 9780804720960
• Release Date: August 1992
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.5"