ISBN: 0801860350

The news media are often presumed to be a fourth estate, or fourth branch of government, serving as a check on the other three. In Uncertain Guardians, political scientist Bartholomew Spa… More...

The news media are often presumed to be a fourth estate, or fourth branch of government, serving as a check on the other three. In Uncertain Guardians, political scientist Bartholomew Sparrow argues that this is a mistaken notion. Instead, the media -- print, radio, and television -- affect policy making just as other political institutions do, whether the Congress, the electoral system, or public administration. The media decide what to report, when, and how, and these decisions affect both the processes and outcomes of the political system. But the routine production of the news demands that reporters, editors, publishers, and news executives work with the major political and economic actors of the political system in order to get the news and sell the news, and thus ensure the livelihoods of their news organizations. Because of this dependence, however, the news media are highly constrained in their reportage.Blending original interview material with his own institutional analysis, Sparrow shows how the major U.S. news organizations can act contrary to the interests of the American public and democratic government. Because individual journalists and news organizations face serious and similar uncertainties with respect to their political credibility, access to news sources, and commercial performance, they rely regularly on the same practices to report the news. But these shared practices enable both journalists and politicians to manipulate political communicati communication and media studies,education and reference,elections and political process,general,journalism and nonfiction,language arts,political science,politics and government,politics and social sciences,public affairs and administration Elections & Political Process, The Johns Hopkins University Press<

ISBN: 0801860350

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1999, ISBN: 0801860350

[EAN: 9780801860355], Used, good, [PU: The Johns Hopkins University Press], A+ Customer service! Satisfaction Guaranteed! Book is in Used-Good condition. Pages and cover are clean and int… More...

[EAN: 9780801860355], Used, good, [PU: The Johns Hopkins University Press], A+ Customer service! Satisfaction Guaranteed! Book is in Used-Good condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain limited notes and highlighting.<

1999, ISBN: 9780801860355

Hardcover, Used, very good, VI-, [PU: The Johns Hopkins University P]