{"product_id":"governing-with-the-news-second-edition-the-news-media-as-a-political-institution-studies-in-communication-media-and-public-opinion-9780226115016","title":"Governing With the News Second Edition The News","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe ideal of a neutral, objective press has proven in recent years to be just that - an ideal. In Governing with the News, Timothy E. Cook goes far beyond the single claim that the press is not impartial to argue that the news media are in fact a political institution integral to the day-to-day operations of our government.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Provocative and often wise.... Cook, who has a complex understanding of the relationship between governing and the news, provides a fascinating account of the origins of this complicity.\" - James Bennet, Washington Monthly; \"Governing with the News addresses central issues of media impact and power in fresh, illuminating ways.... Cook mines a wealth of historical and organizational literature to assert that the news media are a distinct political institution in our democratic system.\" - Robert Schmuhl, Commonweal; \"While we worry about the media's influence on politics, we rarely notice that journalists are political actors, part of the governing system, a means for raising issues and getting them advanced.... Cook's dead-on analysis is a model of engaged scholarship.\" - Jay Rosen, Nation\"","brand":"The University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49399948476759,"sku":"9780226115016","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780226115016.jpg?v=1730469239","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/governing-with-the-news-second-edition-the-news-media-as-a-political-institution-studies-in-communication-media-and-public-opinion-9780226115016","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}