News That Matters: Television and American Opinion

Chicago Studies in American Politics

by Shanto Iyengar, Donald R. Kinder

" News That Matters does matter, because it demonstrates conclusively that television newscasts powerfully affect opinion. . . . All that follows, whether it supports, modifies, or challenges their conclusions, will have to begin here."—Aaron Wildavsky, The Public Interest

"Because of its methodological integrity and richness, News That Matters is likely to be regarded as an impressive, possibliy grounbreaking work."—Neil Postman, New York Times Book Review

Genres: Political Science, Nonfiction, Politics, Academic

196 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2010

Reviews

[Maxime Duchesne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fascinante étude des impacts de la télévision sur l'opinion publique et de ses mécanismes : l'effet d'agenda-setting et l'effet de priming. Ouvrage fondateur en communication politique en raison de l'utilisation de la méthode expérimentale.

[Jodi]

Book from grad school....two years later and still haven't gotten around to reading it.