1st Edition

Edited For Television Cnn, Abc, And The 1992 Presidential Campaign

By Matthew Robert Kerbel Copyright 1994
    262 Pages
    by Routledge

    262 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book discusses the words and pictures that constituted coverage of the 1992 presidential campaign on ABC and CNN. It addresses the implications of the news product for the viewing audience and the impact of the forces that create television news on the political system.

    Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The 1992 Campaign: Pictures on Television -- Cable Versus Broadcast Coverage: Form and Content -- Covering the Coverage: The Self as News -- Issues and Nonissues: Bread and Circuses -- Horserace and Image: Waiting for Perot -- Individuals, Institutions, and Relationships: Stuck in Concrete -- Analysis and Description: A Philosophical Difference -- The 1992 Campaign: Pictures of Television -- The Newsroom, the Field, and the Campaign -- News Structures: I'm Too Old for This! -- Newsmaking Routines: This Is Not Brain Surgery -- Newsworker Orientations: Inside the Bubble -- Breaking the Rules -- Conclusions -- The Public as Political News Consumers -- Television as a Political Institution -- Appendix