Public Policy and the Mass Media

The Interplay of Mass Communication and Political Decision Making
Herausgeber: Koch-Baumgarten, Sigrid; Voltmer, Katrin

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Produktbeschreibung

The mass media are playing an increasingly central role in modern political life that expands beyond their traditional function as mediators between the world of politics and the citizens. This volume explores the extent and circumstances under which the media affects public policy; whether the political impact of the media is confined to the public representation of politics or whether their influence goes further to also affect the substance of political decisions. It provides an in-depth understanding of the conditions under which the media might, or might not, play a role in the policy process and what the nature of their influence is. Bringing together conceptual and methodological approaches from both political science and communications studies, this book presents an interdisciplinary perspective. It presents empirical evidence of the processes involved in the interaction between mass communication and policy and features case studies from Western Europe and the US and across different policy fields. The book will be of interest to students of public policy, political communication and comparative politics.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. April 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 395g
• ISBN-13: 9781138874121
• ISBN-10: 1138874124
• Artikelnr.: 42835443

Autorenporträt

Sigrid Koch-Baumgarten is Professor of Political Science at the Department of Political Science, Philipps University Marburg, Germany. Her research focuses on German and international industrial relations and its actors; new forms of governance in the national and international arena; and the role of the media in `media democracy¿. Katrin Voltmer is Senior Lecturer of Political Communication at the Institute of Communications Studies, University of Leeds, UK. Her research interests include media influences on public opinion and the policy process, the relationship between journalists and their news sources, and the role of the media in democratic transitions. She is the editor of The Mass Media and Political Communication in New Democracies (also published by Routledge).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Mass Media and Public Policy - Is There a Link? Part 1:
Policy Issues, Agendas and the Media 2. Public Policy and The Mass Media:
An Information Processing Approach 3. Do the Media Shape Parties' Agenda
Preferences? An Empirical Study of Party Manifestoes in Belgium (1987-2003)
4. Closing the Circle: A Case Study in the Role of Spin in the Policy Cycle
5. Knowledge Culture and Power: Biotechnology and the Popular Press 6. Aid
Organizations, Governments and the Media: The Critical Role of Journalists
in Signaling Authority Recognition Part 2: Policy Institutions,
Constellations of Actors and the Media 7. The Media and the Policy Process:
A Policy Centric Approach 8. Contested Processes, Contested Influence: A
Case Study of Genetically Modified Food In Britain 9. Going Public?
(Re)Presentation of Women's Policy in the Media 10. Public Pushing for
Pension Reform? The Short-Term Impact of Media Coverage on Long-Term Policy
Making in Germany, Britain and the United States 11. Condemned to Repeat:
The Media and the Accountability Gap in Iraq War Policy 12. Conclusion: The
Interplay of Mass Communication and Political Decision Making - Policy
Matters! Index