New Media and American Politics

by Diana Owen, Richard Davis, Richard Davis

Book Overview

New media have a major impact on all aspects of American political life. Presidential candidates appear in "electronic town meetings"; talk show hosts like Rush Limbaugh and G. Gordon Liddy lead dedicated bands of followers; tabloids break the Monica Lewinsky scandal with alarming speed. Traditional sources of information are increasingly altered by the presence of new media.

New Media and American Politics is the first survey by political...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195120612
• ISBN13: 9780195120615
• Release Date: May 1998
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.2"