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As recently as the early 1970s, the news media was one of the most respected institutions in the United States. Yet by the 1990s, this trust had all but evaporated. Why has confidence in the press declined so dramatically over the past 40 years? And has this change shaped the public's political...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Ladd, Jonathan M., 1978-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Public opinion.
Mass media > Public opinion.
Mass media > Political aspects.
Mass media > Objectivity.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Media Studies.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Journalism.
Opinion publique > États-Unis.
Medias > Objectivite > États-Unis.
Public opinion > United States.
Mass media > United States > Public opinion.
Mass media > Objectivity > United States.
Mass media > Political aspects > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:As recently as the early 1970s, the news media was one of the most respected institutions in the United States. Yet by the 1990s, this trust had all but evaporated. Why has confidence in the press declined so dramatically over the past 40 years? And has this change shaped the public's political behavior? This book examines waning public trust in the institutional news media within the context of the American political system and looks at how this lack of confidence has altered the ways people acquire political information and form electoral preferences. Jonathan Ladd argues that in the 195.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (288 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781400840359

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