The Space of Opinion: Media Intellectuals and the Public Sphere

by Eleanor Townsley and Ronald N. Jacobs

Book Overview

While the newspaper op-ed page, the Sunday morning political talk shows on television, and the evening cable-news television lineup have an obvious and growing influence in American politics and political communication, social scientists and media scholars tend to be broadly critical of the rise of organized punditry during the 20th century without ever providing a close empirical analysis. What is the nature of the contemporary space of opinion?...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199797935
• ISBN13: 9780199797936
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"