LEADER 02320nam 2200469 450 001 9910163939603321 005 20170320123026.0 010 $a0-19-063227-5 010 $a0-19-063228-3 010 $a0-19-063226-7 035 $a(CKB)3710000001042622 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4792793 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001641912 035 $a(PPN)229852122 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001042622 100 $a20170210h20172017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aCongress and the media $ebeyond institutional power /$fC. Danielle Vinson 210 1$aNew York, NY :$cOxford University Press,$d2017. 215 $a1 online resource (257 pages) $cillustrations 300 $aPreviously issued in print: 2017. 311 $a0-19-063225-9 311 $a0-19-063224-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aMachine 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. 330 8 $aMembers 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. 606 $aGovernment and the press 615 0$aGovernment and the press. 676 $a323.445 686 $aPOL015000$2bisacsh 700 $aVinson$b Danielle$01075999 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910163939603321 996 $aCongress and the media$92586018 997 $aUNINA