Primetime pundits : how cable news covers social issues / Lynn Letukas.
Primetime Pundits explores the ascent of punditry and offers a new approach for understanding how social issues are covered in the changing media landscape. Based on extensive research of primetime news coverage of social issues, Letukas analyzes how pundits have come to dominate our national politi...
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Online Access: | Electronic book from EBSCO |
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
Published: | Lanham : Lexington Books, [2014] |
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Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments; 1 What is a Pundit?; 2 The Ascent of Punditry; 3 The Era of Infotainment; 4 Constructing the News; 5 Packaging Pundit Claims about Social Issues; 6 How Primetime Pundits Politicize News; 7 Justifying Day Two; 8 A Model for Partisan News; Appendix A; Appendix B; References; Index; About the Author.