News: The Politics of Illusion, Ninth Edition - Softcover

Bennett, W. Lance

Softcover

ISBN 10: 022634052X ISBN 13: 9780226340524

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 2015

Synopsis

Free and attentive news media are essential to the workings of a democratic nation. But how well does the news, in reality, actually serve the needs of citizens, and thereby democracy? How well do the major methods of sharing national political information work, and how well-informed do they leave voters? For years, News: The Politics of Illusion has been the leading textbook to address that question, and in this ninth edition W. Lance Bennett brings his analysis fully up to date, exploring recent developments in news media and showing how they have improved--or hampered--the wide sharing of political news and information.

About this title

About the Author:

W. Lance Bennett is professor of political science and the Ruddick C. Lawrence Professor of Communication at the University of Washington.

Review:

“News: The Politics of Illusion is a smart, provocative introduction to media and American politics. Bennett argues that the American political information system – with news at its center - is broken, with serious consequences for democracy. Bennett lays out his case, and invites readers to make up their own minds.” – Paul Freedman, The University of Virginia

 

 

“This book is written smoothly in flowing prose, free from the jargon that obscures to much social science writing. Bennett is critical, but never carping, praising the news system for what he considers its many strengths and condemning it for what he perceives as its shortcomings.” - from Doris Graber’s Foreword

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 022634052X
• ISBN 13: 9780226340524
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320