media regimes, democracy, and the new information environment Williams, Bruce Alan. creator Delli Carpini, Michael X. 1953- text bibliography nyu New York Cambridge University Press 2011 monographic eng

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xii, 361 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. "The new media environment has challenged the role of professional journalists as the primary source of politically relevant information. After Broadcast News puts this challenge into historical context, arguing that it is the latest of several critical moments in which the relationship among citizens, political elites, and the media has been contested"-- "Most people assume that professional jounalists are the ligitimate source for political information and the role of "good" citizens is to watch, read or listen to the news. In After the News we show that this particular model is only one among several that have existed in the United States; that while it had some valuable aspects, it also had very narrow notions of what kind of information was politically relevant and what the role of citizen should be; and that the new information environment (from the internet to The Daily Show) make these strengths and limitations clear"-- Machine generated contents note: Is there a difference between Tina Fey and Katie Couric?: policing the boundaries between news and entertainment -- Media regimes and American democracy -- And that's the way it (was): the rise and fall of the age of broadcast news -- Political reality, political power and political relevance in the changing media environment -- Politics in the emerging new media age: hyperreality, multiaxiality, and 'the Clinton scandals' -- When the media really matter: coverage of the environment in a changing media environment -- 9/11 and its aftermath: constructing a political spectacle in the new media environment -- Shaping a new media. regime. Bruce A. Williams, Michael X. Delli Carpini. Includes bibliographical references and index. n-us--- Mass media Political aspects United States Broadcast journalism Political aspects United States Press and politics United States Popular culture Political aspects United States Democracy United States Primera Jornada de Catalogación Democracia Estados Unidos Cultura popular Aspectos políticos Estados Unidos P 95.82 W721a 2011 071 POL040000 9781107010314 (hardback) 9780521279833 (paperback) 2011009191 DLC 110307 20230410130352.0 113962