The Leading eBooks Store Online
for Kindle Fire, Apple, Android, Nook, Kobo, PC, Mac, Sony Reader...
Most popular at the top
Democracy without Citizens
Oxford University Press 1991; US$ 19.95Focusing on the presidencies of Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan, this study provides a critical analysis of why the interaction between the American news media and their audience failed to create the democratic potential expected. more...
Projections of Power
University of Chicago Press 2009; US$ 17.50To succeed in foreign policy, U.S. presidents have to sell their versions or framings of political events to the news media and to the public. But since the end of the Cold War, journalists have increasingly resisted presidential views, even offering their own spin on events. What, then, determines whether the media will accept or reject the White... more...
Scandal and Silence
Wiley 2013; US$ 64.95This timely and engaging book challenges the conventional wisdom on media and scandal in the United States. The common view holds that media crave and actively pursue scandals whenever they sense corruption. Scandal and Silence argues for a different perspective. Using case studies from the period 1988-2008, it shows that: Media neglect most... more...
The Black Image in the White Mind
University of Chicago Press 2010; US$ 22.50Living in a segregated society, white Americans learn about African Americans not through personal relationships but through the images the media show them. The Black Image in the White Mind offers the most comprehensive look at the intricate racial patterns in the mass media and how they shape the ambivalent attitudes of Whites toward Blacks. ... more...
New Television, Old Politics
Cambridge University Press 2004; US$ 35.00This book explains how the process of moving from analog TV to digital is unfolding in the US and Britain and explores the changes in the legal framework and the industry structure associated with it. It is a unique study about the technological, political, and social factors shaping this transition. more...
Media and the Path to Peace
Cambridge University Press 2004; US$ 30.00This book examines the role the news media plays in peace processes, arguing that it is often destructive. Wolfsfeld examines three major cases: the Oslo peace process between Israel and the Palestinians; the peace process between Israel and Jordan; and the process surrounding the Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland. more...
Communication and Democratic Reform in South Africa
Cambridge University Press 2001; US$ 48.00The book examines the reform of the communication sector in South Africa in the transition from apartheid to democracy. It studies the complex political process by which broadcasting, telecommunications, the state information agency, and the print press were transformed from apartheid-aligned apparatuses to accountable democratic institutions. more...
Media, Markets, and Democracy
Cambridge University Press 2001; US$ 32.00Baker challenges the premises of deregulation of the media and government interventions in this sphere. While arguing for a constitutional conception of freedom of the press, he argues that economic and democratic theories justify deviations from free trade in media products. more...
The Winning Message
Cambridge University Press 2002; US$ 23.00This study breaks new ground in investigating candidate behavior in American electoral campaigns. It centers on a question of equal importance to citizens and scholars: how can we produce better political campaigns? It takes an innovative approach by bringing together critical and empirical methods as well as game theory. more...
New Media Campaigns and the Managed Citizen
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 25.00Technological innovations can alter the organization of power in politics, and it is difficult to distinguish political systems from their communication technologies. This book explores how political organizations use new information technologies to construct public opinion, and analyzes what it means to be a citizen in a modern, representative democracy. more...









