Includes bibliographical references (pages 84) and index Also available as an electronic book via the World Wide Web to institutions affiliated with netLibrary, Incorporated
Contents:
Introduction: Making Sense of Politics; Constructing Political Messages and Meanings / Ann N. Crigler Ch. 1. The Negotiation of Newsworthiness / Timothy E. Cook Ch. 2. News, Psychology, and Presidential Politics / Roderick P. Hart, Deborah Smith-Howell and John Llewellyn Ch. 3. Constructing Campaign Messages and Public Understanding: The 1990 Wellstone-Boschwitz Senate Race in Minnesota / Dean Alger Ch. 4. The Psychology of Mass-Mediated Publics / W. Lance Bennett and John D. Klockner Ch. 5. Media Discourse as a Framing Resource / William A. Gamson Ch. 6. Cognitive and Affective Dimensions of Political Conceptualization / Marion R. Just, Ann N. Crigler and W. Russell Neuman Ch. 7. Constructing Public Opinion: The Uses of Fictional and Nonfictional Television in Conversations about the Environment / Michael X. Delli Carpini and Bruce A. Williams Ch. 8. Perceptions and Conceptions of Political Media Impact: The Third-Person Effect and Beyond / Richard M. Perloff Ch. 9. Media Dependency and Multiple Media Sources / August E. Grant Ch. 10. Whither Research on the Psychology of Political Communication? / Doris A. Graber
