The Media and Politics

THE MEDIA AND POLITICS presents a fascinating, insightful analysis of the mass media's critical role in politics. Placing media in a political systems context, author Dean Alger begins by laying the crucial foundations of democratic theory, elements of public opinion, socialization and information processing, and the nature of communication and the mass media. Exercises and case studies, key visuals, and reviews of principal research methods used in the field develop readers' analytic abilities. Interviews with leading journalists provide unique insights into media practices. This edition features coverage of media and government relations, media in elections, and the media and politics in other nations.