News and Public Opinion: Media Effects on Civic Life

by Spiro Kiousis, Wayne Wanta, Lance Holbert, et al.

Book Overview

The daily news plays a major role in the continuously changing mix of thoughts, feelings, and behavior that defines public opinion. The News and Public Opinion details these effects of the news media on the sequence of outcomes that collectively shape public opinion, beginning with initial attention to the various news media and their contents, and extending to the effects of this exposure on the acquisition of information and formation of attitudes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745645194
• ISBN13: 9780745645193
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.2"