02320nam 2200469 450 991016393960332120170320123026.00-19-063227-50-19-063228-30-19-063226-7(CKB)3710000001042622(MiAaPQ)EBC4792793(StDuBDS)EDZ0001641912(PPN)229852122(EXLCZ)99371000000104262220170210h20172017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierCongress and the media beyond institutional power /C. Danielle VinsonNew York, NY :Oxford University Press,2017.1 online resource (257 pages) illustrationsPreviously issued in print: 2017.0-19-063225-9 0-19-063224-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Machine generated contents note: -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction: Congress Goes Public -- 2 Four Decades of Going Public in Congress -- 3 Why Congressional Members Go Public -- 4 New Paths to Influence: Broadcast and New Media -- 5 Congress Responds to the President: the Case of Social Security Reform -- Co-authored with Megan S. Remmel -- 6 Overcoming Institutional Weakness: the Congressional Black Caucus Goes Public -- 7 A Tale of Two Senators: Adapting Public Strategies to Different Goals -- 8 The Possibilities and Limits of Going Public in Congress -- Appendix -- References -- Index.Members of Congress have increasingly embraced media relations to influence policymaking. In 'Congress and the Media', Vinson argues that congressional members use the media to supplement their formal powers or to compensate for their lack of power to explain why congressional members go public and when they are likely to succeed in getting coverage.Government and the pressGovernment and the press.323.445POL015000bisacshVinson Danielle1075999MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910163939603321Congress and the media2586018UNINA