Why Americans hate the media and how it matters /
Jonathan M. Ladd.
- Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2011.
- p. cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Why is everyone mad at the mainstream media? -- Political conflict with the press in the pre-polling era -- The emergence of the institutional news media in an era of decreasing political polarization -- The institutional news media in an era of political polarization and media fragmentation -- Sources of antipathy toward the news media -- News media trust and political learning -- News media trust and voting -- The news media in a democracy.
Mass media--Political aspects--United States. Mass media--Objectivity--United States. Mass media--Public opinion.--United States Public opinion--United States.