{"product_id":"making-the-news-amber-e-boydstun-9780226065434","title":"Making the News: Politics, the Media, and Agenda Setting","description":"Media attention can play a profound role in whether or not officials act on a policy issue, but how policy issues make the news in the first place has remained a puzzle. Why do some issues go viral and then just as quickly fall off the radar? How is it that the media can sustain public interest for months in a complex story like negotiations over Obamacare while ignoring other important issues in favor of stories on \"balloon boy?\" \u003cbr\u003eWith \u003ci\u003eMaking the News\u003c\/i\u003e, Amber Boydstun offers an eye-opening look at the explosive patterns of media attention that determine which issues are brought before the public. At the heart of her argument is the observation 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 around a story, they also propel news outlets into the watchdog-like patrol mode around its policy implications until the next big news item breaks. What results from this pattern of fixation followed by rapid change is skewed coverage of policy issues, with a few receiving the majority of media attention while others receive none at all. Boydstun documents this systemic explosiveness and skew through analysis of media coverage across policy issues, including in-depth looks at the waxing and waning of coverage around two issues: capital punishment and the \"war on terror.\" \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMaking the News\u003c\/i\u003e shows how the seemingly unpredictable day-to-day decisions of the newsroom produce distinct patterns of operation with implications--good and bad--for national politics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Amber E. Boydstun\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 022606543X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226065434\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/26\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2014","brand":"Amber E. Boydstun","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46806931865855,"sku":"9780226065434","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_52bde659-1fca-4e78-9b20-8cd090df8bb7.jpg?v=1745378103","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/making-the-news-amber-e-boydstun-9780226065434","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}