Framing inequality: news media, public opinion, and the neoliberal turn in U.S. public policy
In: Oxford scholarship online
In: Political Science
In: Studies in postwar American political development
This text examines how major news media have influenced the politics of economic inequality by shaping U.S. public opinion toward key policies since the early 1980s. The author describes the substance and ideological texture of news coverage during economic and social welfare policy debates across the neoliberal era. It also compares this news content to patterns of official and nongovernmental discourse.