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Making Laws and Making News: Media Strategies in the U.S. House of Representatives
Contributor(s): Cook, Timothy (Author)
ISBN: 0815715579     ISBN-13: 9780815715573
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
OUR PRICE:   $24.75  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: August 1990
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Annotation: The news media, especially television, have become a fixture on Capitol Hill in the past twenty years. Making Laws and Making News describes the interactive relationship between the press and Congress that strongly affects the news, the legislative process, and the types of laws enacted. Instead of focusing on how reporters decide who and what to cover and how news is resented, Cook examines the other side of the equation--the relationship between the media strategies of House members press offices and the legislative strategies of the members themselves. The book won the 1990 Benjamin Franklin Award for Excellence in Independent Publishing.
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BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | American Government - Legislative Branch
- Social Science | Media Studies
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Journalism
Lexile Measure: 1470
Physical Information: 0.65" H x 6.03" W x 9.02" (0.60 lbs) 224 pages
 
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The news media, especially television, have become a fixture on Capitol Hill in the past twenty years. Making Laws and Making News describes the interactive relationship between the press and Congress that strongly affects the news, the legislative process, and the types of laws enacted. Instead of focusing on how reporters decide who and what to cover and how news is resented, Cook examines the other side of the equation--the relationship between the media strategies of House member's press offices and the legislative strategies of the members themselves. The book won the 1990 Benjamin Franklin Award for Excellence in Independent Publishing.