Amber E. Boydstun
Making the News
- ISBN 13:
- 9780226065571
- author:
- Amber E. Boydstun
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2013
- Pages:
- 240
- Dimensions:
- 22.61 x 15.24 x 1.78 centimetres
- Genre:
- Nonfiction, Social Sciences, Media Studies,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
The media's attention can significantly influence whether officials act on a policy issue. However, how policy issues make the news remains unclear. This book explores the patterns of media attention that determine which issues are brought before the public. Amber Boydstun argues that the media have two modes: an "alarm mode" for breaking stories and a "patrol mode" for covering them in greater depth. While institutional incentives often initiate alarm mode, they also propel news outlets into patrol mode around a story's policy implications until the next big news item breaks. This pattern of fixation followed by rapid change leads to skewed coverage of policy issues, with some receiving most media attention while others receive little. The book documents this systemic explosiveness through analysis of media coverage across various policy issues, including in-depth looks at capital punishment and the "war on terror." By examining the day-to-day decisions of the newsroom, Boydstun reveals distinct patterns of operation that have implications for national politics.
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