How has growing media choice transformed the way we gather news?
News Grazers: Media, Politics, and Trust in an Information Age offers students an integration of the emerging effects that cable news, online news, and social media have had on American politics. Author Richard Forgette, an expert on the U.S. Congress and public policy, draws on direct experimental research to argue that the diffusion of media outlets and media technologies has resulted in an increasingly fragmented and distracted news audience. This unprecedented level of media choice is not only altering who accesses the news and how they do it; more important, it is changing the news itself.
With chapters on commentary news, partisan news, breaking news, and fake news, News Grazers gives students the tools they need to critically analyze the ever-shifting media landscape. Special attention is also paid to the effects of the media and political trust on the 2016 election.
Table of Content
Preface
Part I: THE MAKING OF A NEWS GRAZER
Chapter 1: Why Don’t We Trust Congress and the Media?
News Grazing
The Evolution of Media Choice and Screening
The Birth of News Grazers
News Grazing and Congressional Distrust
Conclusion
Chapter 2: The News Grazer
Selective Exposure
The News-Grazing Decision: Practices and Theories
News Grazing: Trends and Analysis
Conclusion
Chapter 3: News Makers and Producers: The Emergence of Commentary News
Selling the News: Is News a Private or Public Good?
The News Makers
Adaptations and Strategies: Making Commentary News
The News Producers
New Media Strategies: Producing Commentary News
Conclusion
Part II: THE EFFECTS OF NEWS GRAZING
Chapter 4: Partisan News
Understanding News Opinion
Evaluating the Effects of Opinion News
Conclusion
Chapter 5: Breaking News
Understanding News Urgency
The Effects of News Urgency on Attitudes toward Congress
Conclusion
Chapter 6: Fake News
Fake News and Political Trust
Fake Satirical News: Evolution, Audience, and Content
Political Satire and Public Attitudes Toward Congress: Why and How Does Political Satire Matter?
Assessing the Effects of Political Satire on Congressional Cynicism
Conclusion
Chapter 7: Overexposed
A Summary of the News-Grazing Theory
An Overexposed Congress: Does It Matter?
An Overexposed Media: Does It Matter?
Conclusion
Appendix I: Breaking-News Experiment: Pretest/Post-Test Script
Appendix II: Satirical News Experiment: Pretest/Post-Test Script
References
Index
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