Table of Contents:
  • Media power and government control
  • Ownership, regulation, and guidance of media
  • Press freedom and the law
  • News making and news reporting routines
  • Reporting extraordinary events
  • The media as policy makers
  • Media impact on attitudes and behavior
  • Elections in the television age
  • The struggle for control : news from the presidency and Congress
  • Covering the justice system and state and local news
  • Foreign affairs coverage
  • Trends in media policy.