Soft News Goes to War : Public Opinion and American Foreign Policy in the New Media Age.

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The American public has consistently declared itself less concerned with foreign affairs in the post-Cold War era, even after 9/11, than at any time since World War II. How can it be, then, that public attentiveness to U.S. foreign policy crises has increased? This book represents the first systemat...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Baum, Matthew A., 1965-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Magazine format television programs > United States.
Television broadcasting of news > United States.
Magazines télévisés > États-Unis.
Téléjournaux > États-Unis.
Magazine format television programs
Television broadcasting of news
Journalism & Communications.
Journalism.
United States > Foreign relations > Public opinion.
États-Unis > Relations extérieures > Opinion publique.
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Chapter One: War and Entertainment; Chapter Two: Soft News and the Accidentally Attentive Public; Chapter Three: "I Heard It on Oprah"; Chapter Four: Bringing War to the Masses; Chapter Five: Tuning Out the World Isn't as Easy as It Used to Be; Chapter Six: Rallying Round the Water Cooler; Chapter Seven: Soft News and World Views: Foreign Policy Attitudes of the Inattentive Public; Chapter Eight: Soft News, Public Opinion, and American Foreign Policy: The Good, the Bad, and the Merely Entertaining; Notes; References; Index.

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