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050 00 $aPN4888.T4$bB34 2003
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100 1 $aBaum, Matthew A.,$d1965-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2002022398
245 10 $aSoft news goes to war :$bpublic opinion and American foreign policy in the new media age /$cMatthew A. Baum.
260 $aPrinceton, N.J. :$bPrinceton University Press,$c[2003], ©2003.
300 $axii, 353 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [295]-343) and index.
505 00 $gCh. 1.$tWar and Entertainment --$gCh. 2.$tSoft News and the Accidentally Attentive Public --$gCh. 3.$t"I Heard It on Oprah" --$gCh. 4.$tBringing War to the Masses --$gCh. 5.$tTuning Out the World Isn't as Easy as It Used to Be --$gCh. 6.$tRallying Round the Water Cooler --$gCh. 7.$tSoft News and World Views: Foreign Policy Attitudes of the Inattentive Public --$gCh. 8.$tSoft News, Public Opinion, and American Foreign Policy: The Good, the Bad, and the Merely Entertaining.
520 1 $a"The American public has consistently declared itself less concerned with foreign affairs in the post-Cold War era, even after 9/11, than at any time since World War II. How can it be, then, that public attentiveness to U.S. foreign policy crises has increased? This book represents the first systematic attempt to explain this apparent paradox. Matthew Baum argues that the answer lies in changes to television's presentation of political information. In so doing he develops a compelling "byproduct" theory of information consumption. The information revolution has fundamentally changed the way the mass media, especially television, covers foreign policy. Traditional news has been repackaged into numerous entertainment-oriented news programs and talk shows. By transforming political issues involving scandal or violence (especially attacks against America) into entertainment, the "soft news" media have actually captured more viewers who will now follow news about foreign crises, due to its entertainment value, even if they remain uninterested in foreign policy."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aTelevision broadcasting of news$zUnited States.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008112755
650 0 $aMagazine format television programs$zUnited States.
651 0 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$xPublic opinion.
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/prin031/2002044718.html
852 00 $bbar$hPN4888.T4$iB34 2003