ABSTRACT

This book is about the uses and abuses of political communication in contemporary American society, employing numerous anecdotes and examples and drawings upon the latest research and theories of communication and political science in America.

chapter 1|21 pages

… Some of the People

chapter 2|25 pages

All the News That’s Fit to Print

chapter 3|20 pages

Blue Smoke and Mirrors

chapter 4|31 pages

The Permanent Campaign

chapter 5|18 pages

What’s Good for Mobil Oil

chapter 6|25 pages

Now You See it, Now You Don’t

chapter 7|20 pages

In Our Own Image

chapter 8|21 pages

They’re Rioting in Africa

chapter 9|28 pages

Politics Left and Right

chapter 10|23 pages

… Some of the Time

chapter 11|7 pages

All of the People, All the Time