The power of news - Schudson, Michael (Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1995)
Introduction, News as public knowledge -- Three hundred years of the American newspaper -- The politics of narrative form -- Question authority : a history of the news interview -- What is a reporter? -- Trout or hamburger : politics and telemythology -- The illusion of Ronald Reagan's popularity with Elliot King -- Watergate and the press -- National news culture and the informational citizen -- Was there ever a public sphere? -- The news media and the democratic process.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-256) and index.
Keywords: Television broadcasting of news -- United States; American newspapers; Reporters and reporting -- United States