The Public Congress: Congressional Deliberation in a New Media Age

By Gary Lee Malecha and Daniel J. Reagan

Book Overview

Contemporary members of Congress routinely use the media to advance their professional goals. Today, virtually every aspect of their professional legislative life unfolds in front of cameras and microphones and, increasingly, online. The Public Congress explores how the media moved from being a peripheral to a central force in U.S. congressional politics. The authors show that understanding why this happened allows us to see the constellation of forces that combined over the last fifty years to transform the American political order.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 041589428X
• ISBN13: 9780415894289
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"