Cycles of Spin: Strategic Communication in the U.S. Congress

by Patrick J. Sellers

Book Overview

How do politicians try to shape their news coverage? Sellers examines strategic communication campaigns in the U.S. Congress. He argues that these campaigns create cycles of spin: leaders create messages, rank-and-file legislators decide whether to promote those messages, journalists decide whether to cover the messages, and any coverage feeds back to influence the policy process. These four stages are closely related; decisions at one stage influence...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052113580X
• ISBN13: 9780521135801
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"