Edited for Television: CNN, ABC and the 1992 Presidential Campaign

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  • ISBN-13: 9780813316994
  • Publisher: Westview Press
  • Publication date: 4/25/1994
  • Pages: 246

Meet the Author

Matthew R. Kerbel has been writing about the news media ever since he stopped writing for the news media. A one-time radio and television newswriter and employee of Public Broadcasting, he is author of three books on television and politics, and is professor of political science at Villanova University. He lives in Wayne, PA with his wife Adrienne and his daughter Gabrielle.

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Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures
Preface and Acknowledgments
1 Introduction 1
2 Cable Versus Broadcast Coverage: Form and Content 15
3 Covering the Coverage: The Self as News 35
4 Issues and Nonissues: Bread and Circuses 51
5 Horserace and Image: Waiting for Perot 73
6 Individuals, Institutions, and Relationships: Stuck in Concrete 93
7 Analysis and Description: "A Philosophical Difference" 109
8 The Newsroom, the Field, and the Campaign 121
9 News Structures: "I'm Too Old for This!" 127
10 Newsmaking Routines: "This Is Not Brain Surgery" 141
11 Newsworker Orientations: "Inside the Bubble" 151
12 Breaking the Rules 181
13 The Public as Political News Consumers 195
14 Television as a Political Institution 207
Appendix 217
Notes 221
References 233
About the Book and Author 237
Index 239
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