{"product_id":"scandal-and-silence-9780745647630","title":"Scandal and Silence","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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. \u003ci\u003eScandal and Silence\u003c\/i\u003e argues for a different perspective. Using case studies from the period 1988-2008, it shows that:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eMedia neglect most corruption, providing too little, not too much scandal coverage;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eScandals arise from rational, controlled processes, not emotional frenzies - and when scandals happen, it's not the media but governments and political parties that drive the process and any excesses that might occur;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSignificant scandals are indeed difficult for news organizations to initiate and harder for them to maintain and bring to appropriate closure;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFor these reasons cover-ups and lying often work, and truth remains essentially unrecorded, unremembered.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Sometimes, bad behavior stimulates an avalanche \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book combines insightful theoretical analysis with interesting empirical research, and is a major contribution to the field.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiscourse and Communication\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is the definitive work on political scandal in the modern American press. The reader will find engaging and richly detailed accounts of dozens of scandals, along with explanations of why in some cases they became so overblown, and, in others, did not develop at all despite available evidence. The book raises important questions about how journalists tell stories, and why those stories so often fail to embody the ideals we associate with a free press in a democracy.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLance Bennett, University of Washington\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Robert Entman has long been one of the most insightful analysts of the news media. \u003ci\u003eScandal and Silence\u003c\/i\u003e will add to his reputation. Anyone who thought they had a reasonable understanding of how the media handle scandal will have to think again. A brilliant book that is a must read for those in the classroom, the newsroom, and the political cloakroom.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas E. Patterson, Harvard University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eDedication\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1: High Crimes or Misdemeanors?\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2: Analyzing Media and Presidential ScandalChapter 3: Private Lives in the Public Sphere. What Do Journalists Know, and When Do They Tell It?\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4: Secret Sins of 2008: The McCain, Edwards and Clinton Families' Values\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5: Dodging Scandals - and the Draft\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6: Rathergate: From a Scandal of Politics to a Scandal of Journalism\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7: Harkening to Other Matters: What News Looks like When a Scandal is Silenced\u003cbr\u003eAppendix to Chapter 7: Harken Data Tables\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8: Silenced Scandals of Grave Misconduct\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9: Recalibrating Scandal and Silence\u003cbr\u003eReferences\u003cbr\u003eNotes","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404391293271,"sku":"9780745647630","price":24.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745647630.jpg?v=1730486316","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/scandal-and-silence-9780745647630","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}