ISBN:
9780745675800
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (X, 269 Seiten)
Series Statement:
PCPC - Polity Contemporary Political Communication Series
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Entman, Robert M. Scandal and silence
DDC:
302.23
Keywords:
USA
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Geschichte 1988-2008
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Berichterstattung
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Journalismus
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Massenmedien
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Medienwissenschaft
;
Skandal
;
USA
Abstract:
This timely and engaging book challenges the conventional wisdom on media and scandal in the United States. The common view holds that media crave and actively pursue scandals whenever they sense corruption. Scandal and Silence argues for a different perspective. Using case studies from the period 1988-2008, it shows that:Media neglect most corruption, providing too little, not too much scandal coverage;Scandals arise from rational, controlled processes, not emotional frenzies - and when scandals happen, it's not the media but governments and political p...
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis Seit 234-255
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