Scandal and Silence - Robert M. Entman

Scandal and Silence

Media Responses to Presidential Misconduct
Buch | Hardcover
280 Seiten
2012
Polity Press (Verlag)
978-0-7456-4762-3 (ISBN)
71,90 inkl. MwSt
* An internationally renowned scholar presents a new theory for understanding the role the media play in political scandals * Counter to received wisdom, the book argues that the media neglect, rather than pursue, scandals involving politicians * Uses a broad range of cases from 1988 onwards, including George W.
This timely and engaging book challenges the conventional wisdom on media and scandal in the United States. The common view holds that media crave and actively pursue scandals whenever they sense corruption. Scandal and Silence argues for a different perspective. Using case studies from the period 1988-2008, it shows that:



Media neglect most corruption, providing too little, not too much scandal coverage;
Scandals arise from rational, controlled processes, not emotional frenzies - and when scandals happen, it’s not the media but governments and political parties that drive the process and any excesses that might occur;
Significant scandals are indeed difficult for news organizations to initiate and harder for them to maintain and bring to appropriate closure;
For these reasons cover-ups and lying often work, and truth remains essentially unrecorded, unremembered.


Sometimes, bad behavior stimulates an avalanche of media attention with demonstrable political consequences, yet other times, equally shoddy activity receives little notice. This book advances a theoretical model to explain these differences, revealing an underlying logic to what might seem arbitrary and capricious journalism. Through case studies of the draft and military scandals involving Dan Quayle, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and John Kerry; alleged sexual misconduct of politicians including but not limited to Clinton; and questionable financial dealings of Clinton and George W Bush, the book builds a new understanding of media scandals which will be essential reading for anyone concerned with the relationship between media and democracy today.

Robert M. Entman is J.B. and M.C. Shapiro Professor of Media and Public Affairs at George Washington University.

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Dedication
Chapter 1: High Crimes or Misdemeanors?
Chapter 2: Analyzing Media and Presidential ScandalChapter 3: Private Lives in the Public Sphere. What Do Journalists Know, and When Do They Tell It?
Chapter 4: Secret Sins of 2008: The McCain, Edwards and Clinton Families' Values
Chapter 5: Dodging Scandals - and the Draft
Chapter 6: Rathergate: From a Scandal of Politics to a Scandal of Journalism
Chapter 7: Harkening to Other Matters: What News Looks like When a Scandal is Silenced
Appendix to Chapter 7: Harken Data Tables
Chapter 8: Silenced Scandals of Grave Misconduct
Chapter 9: Recalibrating Scandal and Silence
References
Notes

Reihe/Serie CPC - Contemporary Political Communication
Verlagsort Oxford
Sprache englisch
Maße 159 x 238 mm
Gewicht 553 g
Themenwelt Sozialwissenschaften Kommunikation / Medien Allgemeines / Lexika
Sozialwissenschaften Kommunikation / Medien Medienwissenschaft
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Politische Systeme
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Staat / Verwaltung
ISBN-10 0-7456-4762-6 / 0745647626
ISBN-13 978-0-7456-4762-3 / 9780745647623
Zustand Neuware
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