The People's News: Media, Politics, and the Demands of Capitalism - Tapa dura

"We not have the tools at our disposal to uncover these systematic but gradual effects both from and on media. Uscinski does so here in a largely precise and perceptive way, making The People's News an important work for media effects scholars."-Political Science Quarterly "Supported by sophisticated empirical analyses, detailed examples, compelling logic, and clear prose, The People's News makes a convincing case that the U.S. news media provides the public with what it wants rather than what it needs. And, unfortunately, what we want may be hazardous to our (civic) health."-Michael Delli Carpini,Dean, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania "The People's News is required reading for anyone concerned about news media's role in American society. Although it is convenient to see the media's shortcoming through the lenses of corporate profits or political ideology, the systematic analyses and rich examples in this book make a provocative case that the audiences are themselves more to blame. Anyone interested in explaining the quality of news content will have to confront this argument head on."-Scott McClurg,Professor of Political Science, Southern Illinois University "Joseph Uscinski, an assistant professor of political science at the University of Miami, has taken a giant step forward with his examination of what he refers to as `the people's news.' . . . This is a book about information and democracy, and Uscinski suggests we have reason to be concerned about the character and quality of the information being supplied by the nation's news media."-Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly

·       “Required reading for anyone concerned about news media's role in American society.” – Scott McClurg, Professor of Political Science, Souther Illinois University

“Makes a convincing case that the U.S. news media provides the public with what it wants rather than what it needs.” – Michael Delli Carpini, Dean, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania