- Introduction: News as Public Knowledge
- I. The News in Historical Perspective
- 1. Three Hundred Years of the American Newspaper
- 2. The Politics of Narrative Form
- 3. Question Authority: A History of the News Interview
- 4. What Is a Reporter?
- II. Myths of Media Power
- 5. Trout or Hamburger: Politics and Telemythology
- 6. The Illusion of Ronald Reagan’s Popularity with Elliot King
- 7. Watergate and the Press
- III. Citizenship and Its Discontents
- 8. National News Culture and the Informational Citizen
- 9. Was There Ever a Public Sphere?
- 10. The News Media and the Democratic Process
- Notes
- Credits
- Index


The Power of News
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Publication Date: 09/01/1996
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