Making the News: Politics, the Media, and Agenda Setting

by Amber E. Boydstun

Book Overview

Media attention can play a profound role in whether or not officials act on a policy issue, but how policy issues make the news in the first place has remained a puzzle. Why do some issues go viral and then just as quickly fall off the radar? How is it that the media can sustain public interest for months in a complex story like negotiations over Obamacare while ignoring other important issues in favor of stories on "balloon boy?"
With Making...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022606557X
• ISBN13: 9780226065571
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"