LEADER 04627nam 22007095 450 001 9910818449803321 005 20210114014919.0 010 $a1-283-29102-9 010 $a9786613291028 010 $a1-4008-4128-3 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400841288 035 $a(CKB)2550000000050031 035 $a(EBL)784520 035 $a(OCoLC)757261043 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000986367 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11623839 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000986367 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10937335 035 $a(PQKB)10438562 035 $a(WaSeSS)Ind00071580 035 $a(DE-B1597)447726 035 $a(OCoLC)1054865498 035 $a(OCoLC)979745754 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400841288 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC784520 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000050031 100 $a20190708d2011 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSoft News Goes to War $ePublic Opinion and American Foreign Policy in the New Media Age /$fMatthew A. Baum 205 $aCourse Book 210 1$aPrinceton, NJ : $cPrinceton University Press, $d[2011] 210 4$dİ2003 215 $a1 online resource (368 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-12377-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tCONTENTS -- $tPREFACE -- $tCHAPTER ONE. War and Entertainment -- $tCHAPTER TWO. Soft News and the Accidentally Attentive Public -- $tCHAPTER THREE. "I Heard It on Oprah" -- $tCHAPTER FOUR. Bringing War to the Masses -- $tCHAPTER FIVE. Tuning Out the World Isn't as Easy as It Used to Be -- $tCHAPTER SIX. Rallying Round the Water Cooler -- $tCHAPTER SEVEN. Soft News and World Views: Foreign Policy Attitudes of the Inattentive Public -- $tCHAPTER EIGHT. Soft News, Public Opinion, and American Foreign Policy: The Good, the Bad, and the Merely Entertaining -- $tNOTES -- $tREFERENCES -- $tINDEX 330 $aThe American public has consistently declared itself less concerned with foreign affairs in the post-Cold War era, even after 9/11, than at any time since World War II. How can it be, then, that public attentiveness to U.S. foreign policy crises has increased? This book represents the first systematic attempt to explain this apparent paradox. Matthew Baum argues that the answer lies in changes to television's presentation of political information. In so doing he develops a compelling "byproduct" theory of information consumption. The information revolution has fundamentally changed the way the mass media, especially television, covers foreign policy. Traditional news has been repackaged into numerous entertainment-oriented news programs and talk shows. By transforming political issues involving scandal or violence (especially attacks against America) into entertainment, the "soft news" media have actually captured more viewers who will now follow news about foreign crises, due to its entertainment value, even if they remain uninterested in foreign policy. Baum rigorously tests his theory through content analyses of traditional and soft news media coverage of various post-WWII U.S. foreign crises and statistical analyses of public opinion surveys. The results hold key implications for the future of American politics and foreign policy. For instance, watching soft news reinforces isolationism among many inattentive Americans. Scholars, political analysts, and even politicians have tended to ignore the soft news media and politically disengaged citizens. But, as this well-written book cogently demonstrates, soft news viewers represent a largely untapped reservoir of unusually persuadable voters. 606 $aMagazine format television programs -- United States 606 $aTelevision broadcasting of news -- United States 606 $aUnited States -- Foreign relations -- Public opinion 606 $aJournalism & Communications$2HILCC 606 $aJournalism$2HILCC 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$xPublic opinion 615 4$aMagazine format television programs -- United States. 615 4$aTelevision broadcasting of news -- United States. 615 4$aUnited States -- Foreign relations -- Public opinion. 615 7$aJournalism & Communications 615 7$aJournalism 676 $a070.1 676 $a070.1/95 700 $aBaum$b Matthew A., $01106828 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910818449803321 996 $aSoft News Goes to War$93966970 997 $aUNINA