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- catalog abstract ""Remote and Controlled examines the issue of widespread cynicism in an era of abundant information, asking whether it is possible to consume a steady diet of mainstream media and still understand and respect the political process. Starting with central examples of television's political coverage and the media's focus on the president, the author explores a variety of media - from newspapers and radio to MTV and computer networks - and political events and institutions. Against a historical backdrop of political, technological, and institutional change, the text raises critical questions for a society plugged into Rush, Oprah, and USA Today: How do the media both magnify and undermine the president? Can televised town meetings replace the real thing? How do politicians seek to control the flow of information, and what do the media do about it? Does the information explosion provide greater diversity or simply greater convenience? In the process, the author sheds light on the ultimate dilemma of whether or not an informed public will participate in a system in which campaigns are portrayed as if they were war, policymaking is depicted as if it were a campaign, and none of the participants - reporters included - appear particularly noble or worthy."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Remote and controlled".
- catalog contributor b8356259.
- catalog coverage "United States Politics and government 20th century.".
- catalog created "c1995.".
- catalog date "1995".
- catalog date "c1995.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1995.".
- catalog description ""Remote and Controlled examines the issue of widespread cynicism in an era of abundant information, asking whether it is possible to consume a steady diet of mainstream media and still understand and respect the political process. Starting with central examples of television's political coverage and the media's focus on the president, the author explores a variety of media - from newspapers and radio to MTV and computer networks - and political events and institutions. Against a historical backdrop of political, technological, and institutional change, the text raises critical questions for a society plugged into Rush, Oprah, and USA Today: How do the media both magnify and undermine the president? Can televised town meetings replace the real thing? How do politicians seek to control the flow of information, and what do the media do about it? Does the information explosion provide greater diversity or simply greater convenience? In the process, the author sheds light on the ultimate dilemma of whether or not an informed public will participate in a system in which campaigns are portrayed as if they were war, policymaking is depicted as if it were a campaign, and none of the participants - reporters included - appear particularly noble or worthy."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-161) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: Under the president's clothes -- Two hundred years of politics and reporting -- A war of words: coverage of politics and the politics of coverage -- Presidential governance and other fantasies -- What about us?".
- catalog extent "xii, 170 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Remote & controlled.".
- catalog identifier "0813325927 (hc : acid-free paper)".
- catalog identifier "0813325935 (pbk. : acid-free paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Remote & controlled.".
- catalog issued "1995".
- catalog issued "c1995.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Boulder : Westview Press,".
- catalog relation "Remote & controlled.".
- catalog spatial "United States Politics and government 20th century.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "302.23/0973 20".
- catalog subject "Mass media Political aspects United States.".
- catalog subject "P95.82.U6 K47 1995".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: Under the president's clothes -- Two hundred years of politics and reporting -- A war of words: coverage of politics and the politics of coverage -- Presidential governance and other fantasies -- What about us?".
- catalog title "Remote & controlled : media politics in a cynical age / Matthew Robert Kerbel.".
- catalog title "Remote and controlled".
- catalog type "text".