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Governing with the news: the news media as a political institution

Choice Reviews OnlinePublished 1 June 1998
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Abstract

Acknowledgments 1: Introduction: Why Don't We Call Journalists Political Actors? Pt. 1: The Political Development of the American News Media 2: The Decline of the Sponsored Press: American Newspapers in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries 3: The Subsidized News Media Pt. 2: The Media as a Political Institution 4: The Institutional News Media 5: The Political News Media Pt. 3: Government by Publicity 6: The Uses of News: Theory and (Presidential) Practice 7: Beyond the White House 8: Conclusion: The First Amendment and the Fourth Branch--Toward Redesigning a News Media Policy Notes Index

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