| Processing Politics: Learning from Television in the Internet Age Contributor(s): Graber, Doris A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0226305759 ISBN-13: 9780226305752 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $98.01 Product Type: Hardcover Published: May 2001 Annotation: How often do we hear that Americans are so ignorant about politics that their civic competence is impaired, and that the media are to blame because they do a dismal job of informing the public? "Processing Politics" shows that average Americans are far smarter than the critics believe. Integrating a broad range of current research on how people learn (from political science, social psychology, communication, physiology, and artificial intelligence), Doris Graber shows that televised presentations--at their best--actually excel at transmitting information and facilitating learning. She critiques current political offerings in terms of their compatibility with our learning capacities and interests, and she considers the obstacles, both economic and political, that affect the content we receive on the air, on cable, or on the Internet. More and more people rely on information from television and the Internet to make important decisions. "Processing Politics" offers a sound, well-researched defense of these remarkably versatile media, and challenges us to make them work for us in our democracy. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Process - General - Social Science | Media Studies - Political Science | American Government - General |
| Dewey: 070.195 |
| LCCN: 00011810 |
| Series: Studies in Communication, Media, and Public Opinion |
| Physical Information: 0.74" H x 6.26" W x 9.32" (1.00 lbs) 232 pages |