What role do the media play in influencing political life and shaping public opinion and behavior? Do they support - or undermine - our democratic beliefs and institutions? Claims about the media's powerful influence are frequently made, but where is the evidence?Kenneth Newton scrutinizes these complex questions. Recognizing that differing forms of political communication have differing effects on differing people around the world, Newton goes further to ask why this occurs, and how. The answers that he presents in Surprising News offer a deeply researched, enlightening challenge to conventional wisdom in this age of fake news, post-truth, and claims about how the new digital media have transformed politics.
| ISBN: | 9781626377707 |
| Publication date: | 30th May 2019 |
| Author: | Kenneth Newton |
| Publisher: | Lynne Rienner Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 271 pages |
| Genres: |
Media studies Political control and freedoms Media, entertainment, information and communication industries Communication studies |
What role do the media play in influencing political life and shaping public opinion and behavior? Do they support - or undermine - our democratic beliefs and institutions? Claims about the media's powerful influence are frequently made, but where is the evidence?Kenneth Newton scrutinizes these complex questions. Recognizing that differing forms of political communication have differing effects on differing people around the world, Newton goes further to ask why this occurs, and how. The answers that he presents in Surprising News offer a deeply researched, enlightening challenge to conventional wisdom in this age of fake news, post-truth, and claims about how the new digital media have transformed politics.
Surprising News features in the following genres: Media studies, Political control and freedoms, Media, entertainment, information and communication industries, Communication studies
Surprising News is available in Hardback, Paperback
Surprising News was written by Kenneth Newton and published by Lynne Rienner Publishers
Surprising News has 271 pages