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Introduction: media power, media politics / Jeremy D. Mayer -- The presidency and the news media / Jeffrey Crouch and John Anthony Maltese -- The Congress and the news media / Mark J. Rozell and Richard J. Semiatin -- Interview: the Honorable Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (d-sd) -- Press coverage of the United States Supreme Court / Vincent James Strickler and Richard Davis -- Assignment: generational change in media consumption -- Civil rights and liberties: the gate keeping power of the media / Nina Therese Kasniunas -- Interview: Janet Terry, local news writer/producer -- Bureaucracy and the media / Jan Vermeer -- Assignment: media exposure survey -- A little knowledge is a dangerous thing: what we know about the role of the media in state politics / Tari Renner and G. Patrick Lynch -- Interview: Brenna Holmes, online political activist/consultant -- Political parties and the media / C. Danielle Vinson -- Presidential elections and the media / Mary E. Stuckey and Kristina E. Curry -- Interview: David Marks, politics editor of Politico.com -- The news media and organized interests in the United States / Ronald G. Shaiko -- Assignment: the political message of your favorite movie -- The media and public opinion / Stephen K. Medvic and David A. Dulio -- The new bully pulpit: global media and foreign policy / Maryann Cusimano Love -- Assignment: playing politics on social networks -- The central role of media and communication in terrorism and counterterrorism / Brigitte L. Nacos -- Interview: Ed Morrissey, political blogger -- The new media / Jeremy D. Mayer and Michael Cornfield

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I: Representing Politics -- 1. Political Bias -- Examples of media bias -- Bias matters -- Defining bias -- Types of bias -- Detecting bias -- Beyond bias -- Conclusion -- 2. Telling Tales: The Reporting of Politics -- Frames versus biases -- Producing news -- Creating the demand for news -- Genres and the representation of politics -- Telling political stories -- We the people -- Explaining political stories -- Conclusion -- 3. It's Just for Fun: Politics and Entertainment -- Representations of politics -- The politics of the fictional -- Politics as a joke -- Politics as conspiracy -- Entertainment as propaganda -- Entertainment as identity -- Conclusion -- 4. Media Effects -- Early claims of media manipulation -- Researching media's political effects -- Under the influence? Research findings -- Television and voting behaviour -- Social media and their political effects -- Influence beyond the ballot box and beyond the news -- Elite effects -- Media consumption in context -- Conclusion -- Part II: The Political Economy of Media -- 5. State Control and State Propaganda -- Systems of control -- Censorship -- Secrecy -- Propaganda -- Regulation -- Comparing media systems -- Conclusion -- 6. Conglomerate Control: Media Moguls and Media Power -- Media empires -- Does ownership of media conglomerates result in control over media content? -- The power of Rupert Murdoch -- Readers and viewers -- Advertisers -- Reconsidering media power -- Conclusion -- 7. Tech Giants and the Global Webs of Media Power -- The new media emperors -- Media go global -- Before the rise of the giants -- A history of the future -- Webs of power -- Conclusion -- 8. Watchdogs or Lapdogs? The Politics of Journalism -- The manipulative power of spin? -- The rise of churnalism.

"A current perspective from a leading scholar. This significant revision shows how current issues like the normalizing of "alternative facts," the management of the COVID-19 crisis, the 2020 election and Trump's exit from office, and the proliferation of social media fit into a larger understanding of political communication. Shanto Iyengar, a leading scholar in the field, makes contemporary research accessible and engaging with new examples and data throughout. No book illuminates more clearly how media influences politics and how politicians use media to get elected, stay in power, and achieve policy goals"--

'I came to this collection as a discourse theory sceptic. I still have doubts, but the editors' lucid and helpful introduction, and the excellent chapters, have opened my eyes and ears to the potential value of this approach. This is a major contribution to theorising the contemporary media.' - David Hesmondhalgh, University of Leeds, UK 'Lincoln Dahlberg and Sean Phelan have compiled an excellent collection of studies on Discourse Theory and Critical Media Politics that clarify how discourse theory can work to enrich media/communication studies. The introduction provides a succinct overview of contemporary discussions and positions concerning discourse theory and the succeeding articles provide articulation of the concept with studies of media, democracy, and contemporary politics.' - Douglas Kellner, UCLA, USA 'This is a most welcome volume. It presents a long overdue engagement between media politics and discourse theory. Combining theoretical discussion and empirical illustration, this important volume takes Discourse Theory forward in this crucial field.' - Lasse Thomassen, Queen Mary, University of London, UK