Media Politics: A Citizen's Guide

by Shanto Iyengar

This significant revision shows how current issues like the normalizing of "alternative facts," the management of the COVID-19 crisis, the 2020 election and Trump's exit from office, and the proliferation of social media fit into a larger understanding of political communication. Shanto Iyengar, a leading scholar in the field, makes contemporary research accessible and engaging with new examples and data throughout. No book illuminates more clearly how media influences politics and how politicians use media to get elected, stay in power, and achieve policy goals.

Genres: Politics, Nonfiction, Political Science, Textbooks

398 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2006

Reviews

[Elizabeth Warner · Rating 3 out of 5]

I had to read this for one of my classes. It was interesting and informative but very dry. His political views are slightly strange but I respected his theories and research.
Not sure I’d recommend this one, but I would also not discourage you from reading it.

3/5 stars.