Newton, Kenneth, 1940-

Surprising news : how the media affect, and do not, affect politics / Kenneth Newton. - x, 277 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-266) and index.

Surprising news -- Belief preservation -- Partisans and party identifiers -- When the public is not buying -- Personal knowledge and experience -- Political talk -- Trust and distrust -- Diffuse and subconscious effects -- Public service and commercial TV -- Hyper-pluralism in the digital age -- Pluralist news diets? -- Explaining media political effects.

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Mass media--Political aspects.
Press and politics.
Public opinion--Political aspects.

P95.8 / N498 2019