David A. Schultz is Professor of Public Administration and Management at Hamline University, St. Paul, Minnesota.
Acknowledgments
ix
Preface Kenny Meets George Washington or, ``Come on Down, Your 15 Minutes of Fame Are Now!''
xi
David Schultz
American as Baseball and Apple Pie
1
(12)
John M. Bublic
The Cultural Contradictions of the American Media
13
(16)
David Schultz
The Protest Paradigm and News Coverage of the ``Right to Party'' Movement
29
(22)
Douglas M. McLeod
Mass Media, Citizenship, and Democracy: Revitalizing Deliberation?
51
(22)
Gregory W. Streich
Mirror, Mirror? The Politics of Television Science Fiction
73
(28)
Rex Brynen
Political Cynicism and Its Contradictions in the Public, News, and Entertainment
101
(16)
Stephanie Greco Larson
Criminals and Buffoons: The Portrayal of Elected Officials on Entertainment Television
117
(16)
Tracey L. Gladstone-Sovell
As Brave as Stallone, as Beautiful as Brooke Shields'' POW Rathbun-Nealy and American Military Women in the Gulf War
133
(18)
Martha F. Lee
Cynthia Nantais
``Mr. Smith Tells Congress to Go to Hell'': Celebrity and Performance in the Iran-Contra Affair
151
(20)
Amy Fried
Synthetic History and Subjective Reality: The Impact of Oliver Stone's Film, JFK
171
(26)
Jim Kelly
Bill Elliott
C-SPAN: A Window on the Political Process
197
(12)
Stephen E. Frantzich
Democracy's Rebirth or Demise? The Influence of the Internet on Political Attitudes
209
(20)
Thomas J. Johnson
Barbara K. Kaye
The Incendiary Internet: Hate Speech and the Public Good
229
(16)
Donna Bertazzoni
Janis Judson
Going Online: The Future of the News Media
245
(20)
John E. Hughes
About the Authors
265
(6)
Index
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