LEADER 04440nam 22007575 450 001 9910828496603321 005 20240402004851.0 010 $a0-8147-6287-5 010 $a0-8147-6286-7 024 7 $a10.18574/9780814762868 035 $a(CKB)2670000000490563 035 $a(EBL)1572867 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001060149 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11634080 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001060149 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11086439 035 $a(PQKB)11156460 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001325760 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1572867 035 $a(OCoLC)870969965 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse33667 035 $a(DE-B1597)548508 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780814762868 035 $a(OCoLC)864551394 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000490563 100 $a20200608h20142014 fg 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|un|u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe People's News $eMedia, Politics, and the Demands of Capitalism /$fJoseph E. Uscinski 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aNew York, NY :$cNew York University Press,$d[2014] 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (196 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-8147-6488-6 311 0 $a0-8147-6033-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$t1. Introduction --$t2. Informational Demands for News --$t3. Demands for Gratification --$t4. Perpetual Feedback --$t5. Where Can We Go? --$tNotes --$tReferences --$tIndex --$tAbout the Author 330 $aUncovers the surprising cause behind the recent rise of fake news In an ideal world, journalists act selflessly and in the public interest regardless of the financial consequences. However, in reality, news outlets no longer provide the most important and consequential stories to audiences; instead, news producers adjust news content in response to ratings, audience demographics, and opinion polls. While such criticisms of the news media are widely shared, few can agree on the causes of poor news quality. The People?s News argues that the incentives in the American free market drive news outlets to report news that meets audience demands, rather than democratic ideals. In short, audiences? opinions drive the content that so often passes off as ?the news. ?The People?s News looks at news not as a type of media but instead as a commodity bought and sold on the market, comparing unique measures of news content to survey data from a wide variety of sources. Joseph Uscinski?s rigorous analysis shows news firms report certain issues over others?not because audiences need to know them, but rather, because of market demands. Uscinski also demonstrates that the influence of market demands also affects the business of news, prohibiting journalists from exercising independent judgment and determining the structure of entire news markets as well as firm branding.Ultimately, the results of this book indicate profit-motives often trump journalistic and democratic values. The findings also suggest that the media actively responds to audiences, thus giving the public control over their own information environment. Uniting the study of media effects and media content, The People?s News presents a powerful challenge to our ideas of how free market media outlets meet our standards for impartiality and public service. 606 $aMass media and culture 606 $aMass media$xEconomic aspects 606 $aMass media$xSocial aspects 606 $aMass media$xPublic opinion 606 $aMass media$xInfluence 606 $aMass media$xMoral and ethical aspects 615 0$aMass media and culture. 615 0$aMass media$xEconomic aspects. 615 0$aMass media$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aMass media$xPublic opinion. 615 0$aMass media$xInfluence. 615 0$aMass media$xMoral and ethical aspects. 676 $a302.23 686 $aPOL000000$aSOC026000$2bisacsh 700 $aUscinski$b Joseph E.$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01714945 712 02$aProQuest (Firm) 712 02$aOxford University Press. 712 02$aOxford Scholarship Online. 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910828496603321 996 $aThe People's News$94109155 997 $aUNINA