Scandal and silence : media responses to presidential misconduct /
The author argues that "media neglect most corruption, providing too little, not too much scandal coverage; scandals arise from rational, controlled processes, not emotional frenzies -- and when scandals happen, it's not the media but government and political parties that drive the process...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, U.K. ; Malden, MA :
Polity Press,
2012.
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| Summary: | The author argues that "media neglect most corruption, providing too little, not too much scandal coverage; scandals arise from rational, controlled processes, not emotional frenzies -- and when scandals happen, it's not the media but government and political parties that drive the process and any excesses that might occur; significant scandals are difficult for news organizations to initiate and harder for them to maintain and bring to appropriate closure; for these reasons cover-ups and lying often work, and truth remains essentially unrecorded, unremembered."--Back cover |
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| Physical Description: | 269 pages : illustrations, charts ; 23 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9780745647630 0745647634 |