Cook, Timothy E., 1954-2006

Governing with the news : the news media as a political institution / Timothy E. Cook. - xi, 289 pages ; 24 cm. - Studies in communication, media, and public opinion . - Studies in communication, media, and public opinion. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-266) and index.

Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Why Don't We Call Journalists Political Actors? -- The Political Development of the American News Media -- The Decline of the Sponsored Press: American Newspapers in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries -- The Subsidized News Media -- The Media as a Political Institution -- The Institutional News Media -- The Political News Media -- Government by Publicity -- The Uses of News: Theory and (Presidential) Practice -- Beyond the White House -- Conclusion: The First Amendment and the Fourth Branch - Toward Redesigning a News Media Policy -- Notes -- Index. 1. Pt. 1. 2. 3. Pt. 2. 4. 5. Pt. 3. 6. 7. 8.

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Government and the press--History--United States
Press and politics--History--United States

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