News that matters : television and American opinion
Backed by careful analysis of public opinion surveys, the authors show how, despite changing American politics, those issues that receive extended coverage in the national news become more important to viewers, while those that are ignored lose credibility.
Print Book, English, 2010
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University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2010
x, 202 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
9780226388588, 0226388581
587198876
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