Edited For Television: Cnn, Abc, And The 1992 Presidential Campaign

by Matthew Robert Kerbel

Overview

This book discusses the words and pictures that constituted coverage of the 1992 presidential campaign on ABC and CNN. It addresses the implications of the news product for the viewing audience and the impact of the forces that create television news on the political system.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367157555
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/07/2020
Pages:	262
Product dimensions:	5.75(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About 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.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The 1992 Campaign: Pictures on Television -- Cable Versus Broadcast Coverage: Form and Content -- Covering the Coverage: The Self as News -- Issues and Nonissues: Bread and Circuses -- Horserace and Image: Waiting for Perot -- Individuals, Institutions, and Relationships: Stuck in Concrete -- Analysis and Description: A Philosophical Difference -- The 1992 Campaign: Pictures of Television -- The Newsroom, the Field, and the Campaign -- News Structures: I'm Too Old for This! -- Newsmaking Routines: This Is Not Brain Surgery -- Newsworker Orientations: Inside the Bubble -- Breaking the Rules -- Conclusions -- The Public as Political News Consumers -- Television as a Political Institution -- Appendix