Making Sense of Media and Politics: Five Principles in Political Communication

by Gadi Wolfsfeld

Book Overview

Politics is above all a contest, and the news media are the central arena for viewing that competition. One of the central concerns of political communication has to do with the myriad ways in which politics has an impact on the news media and the equally diverse ways in which the media influences politics. Both of these aspects in turn weigh heavily on the effects such political communication has on mass citizens.

In Making Sense of Media...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 041588523X
• ISBN13: 9780415885232
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 150 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"