Politics is above all a contest, and the news media are the central arena for viewing that competition. One of the central concerns of political communication h

Politics is above all a contest, and the news media are the central arena for viewing that competition. One of the central concerns of political communication h

Introduction -- Can average Americans make sense of politics? -- The adequacy of the news supply -- Television dramas as news sources -- Telescoping the intervi

Political positions in the United States today are ideologically chaotic, and there are significant prices to pay for that chaos. The nation has not reached a c

Over time and across Western democracies, the media has become increasingly influential, and a great deal more political processes have become altered, shaped o