Cycles of spin : strategic communication in the U.S. Congress

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Label

Cycles of spin : strategic communication in the U.S. Congress

Title remainder

strategic communication in the U.S. Congress

Statement of responsibility

Patrick Sellers

Creator

• Sellers, Patrick J

Subject

• Communication in politics -- United States
• Electronic book
• Electronic books
• Government - U.S
• Informationsfluss
• Informelle Kommunikation
• Law, Politics & Government
• POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government | Legislative Branch
• Political Institutions & Public Administration - U.S., Legislative Branch
• Politische Berichterstattung
• Press and politics
• Press and politics -- United States
• Reporters and reporting
• USA, Congress
• United States
• United States, Congress
• United States, Congress -- Reporters and reporting
• Communication in politics

Genre

• Electronic books
• Electronic book

Language

eng

Summary

"How do politicians try to shape their news coverage? Patrick Sellers examines strategic communication campaigns in the U.S. Congress. He argues that these campaigns create cycles of spin: Leaders create messages, rank-and-file legislators decide whether to promote those messages, journalists decide whether to cover the messages, and any coverage feeds back to influence the policy process. These four stages are closely related; decisions at one stage influence those at another." "Sellers uses diverse evidence, from participant observation and press secretary interviews to computerized content analysis and vector auto regression. The result is a comprehensive and unprecedented examination of politicians' promotional campaigns and journalists' coverage of those campaigns. Countering numerous critics of spin, Sellers offers the provocative argument that the promotional messages have their origins in the actual policy preferences of members of Congress. The campaigns to promote these messages thus can help the public learn about policy debates in Congress."--Jacket

Member of

• Communication, society, and politics

Cataloging source

N$T

Dewey number

328.73001/4

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Language note

English

LC call number

JK1128

LC item number

.S45 2010eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography

Series statement

Communication, society, and politics