Includes bibliographical references (pages 220-233) and index.
Contents:
Part I. The making of a news grazer. Why don't we trust Congress and the media? -- The news grazer -- News makers and producers : the emergence of commentary news -- Part II. The effects of news grazing. Partisan news -- Breaking news -- Fake news -- Overexposed.
Summary:
"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 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, it more importantly 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."--Page 4 of cover.
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