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9780226388571

News That Matters

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  • ISBN13:

    9780226388571

  • ISBN10:

    0226388573

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1989-03-01
  • Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr

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Summary

"News That Mattersdoes matter, because it demonstrates conclusively that television newscasts powerfully affect opinion. . . . All that follows, whether it supports, modifies, or challenges their conclusions, will have to begin here."--Aaron Wildavsky,The Public Interest "Because of its methodological integrity and richness,News That Mattersis likely to be regarded as an impressive, possibliy grounbreaking work."--Neil Postman,New York Times Book Review

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii
1 A Primordial Power?
1(5)
2 Pathways to Knowledge: Experimentation and the Analysis of Television's Power
6(10)
3 The Agenda-Setting Effect
16(18)
4 Vivid Cases and Lead Stories
34(13)
5 Personal Predicaments and National Problems
47(7)
6 Victims of Agenda-Setting
54(9)
7 The Priming Effect
63(10)
8 Priming and Presidential Character
73(9)
9 Priming and Presidential Responsibility
82(8)
10 Victims of Priming
90(8)
11 Electoral Consequences of Priming
98(14)
12 News That Matters
112(24)
Appendix A 136(2)
Appendix B 138(17)
Notes 155(18)
Bibliography 173(10)
Index 183

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