TY  - BOOK
AU  - Koch-Baumgarten, Sigrid
AU  - Voltmer, Katrin
TI  - Public policy and the mass media : : The interplay of mass communication and political decision making 
SN  - 9780367475949
U1  - 302.23 22
PY  - 2020///
CY  - London
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Communication politique and Mass media Influence
N1  -  1 Introduction: Mass media and public policy is there a link?
Part I: Policy issues, agendas and the media; 
2 Public policy and the mass media: An information processing approach; 
3 Do the media shape parties' agenda preferences?: An empirical study of party manifestos in Belgium (1987-2003); 
4 Closing the circle: A case study in the role of spin in the policy cycle; 
5 Knowledge culture and power: Biotechnology and the popular press 
6 Aid organizations, governments and the media: The critical role of journalists in signaling authority recognition
; Part II: Policy institutions, constellations of actors and the media; 
7 The media and the policy process: A policy centric approach;
8 Contested processes, contested influence: A case study of genetically modified food in Britain; 
9 Going public?: (Re)presentation of women's policy in the media; 
10 Public pushing for pension reform?: The short-term impact of media coverage on long-term policy making in Germany, Britain and the United States 
11 Condemned to repeat: The media and the accountability gap in Iraq war policy
12 Conclusion: The interplay of mass communication and political decision making policy matters!
N2  - Explores the extent and circumstances under which the media affects public policy; and whether the political impact of the media is confined to the public representation of politics or whether their influence goes further to also affect the substance of political decisions

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