Page, Benjamin I.   1939- <br/><br/>
Who deliberates? :  mass media in modern democracy / 
Benjamin I. Page. 
 - Chicago :  University of Chicago Press,  1996. 
 - ix, 167 pages ;  22 cm. 
 - American politics and political economy .
 - American politics and political economy  .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages [135]-144) and index. 
<br/><br/>Public deliberation and democracy -- The New York times goes to war with Iraq -- Assigning blame for the Los Angeles riots -- Zoe Baird, nannies, and talk radio -- Conclusion : successes and failures of mediated deliberation. 
<br/><br/> In Who Deliberates?, Page argues that while mass media can facilitate democratic discussion, it also has the power to distort or narrow public debates. Through three case studies from the 1990s—the Iraq war coverage, Los Angeles riots discourse, and Zoe Baird controversy—the book critically examines how media outlets influence which ideas enter the public sphere and which are marginalized. Page concludes that for deliberation to be meaningful, media must present a broad spectrum of viewpoints rather than reinforcing dominant narratives. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0226644731 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780226644738 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>95026652  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mass media--Political aspects--United States.<br/>Comunicación--Aspectos políticos --Estados Unidos<br/>Communication in politics--United States.<br/>Comunicación en política --Estados Unidos<br/>Mass media--Objectivity--United States.<br/>Medios de comunicación --Objetividad--Estados Unidos<br/>Democracy.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Politics and government--1993-2001.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>P 95.82  / P132w 1996 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>302.23/0973