Introduction: The politics of news in a democracy / Doris Graber, Denis McQuail, and Pippa Norris
Political roles of the journalist / Thomas E. Patterson
Icon-anchors and Russian television viewers / Ellen Mickiewicz
Guidelines for journalism professionals : a broadcast journalist's views / Jim Lehrer
Government news management : institutional approaches and strategies in three western democracies reconsidered / Barbara Pfetsch
Strategic communication as a third force in news making / Jarol B. Manheim
Unmasking deception : the capacity, disposition, and challenges facing the press / Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Bruce W. Hardy
Advertising and citizen voting behavior / Darrell M. West
Free falls, high dives, and the future of democratic accountability / Scott L. Althaus
But what do the polls show? / Andrew Kohut
The challenges of public functions and commercialized media / Robert Picard
Globalization and the new media / W. Russell Neuman
Press freedom and democratic accountability in a time of war, commercialism, and the Internet / W. Lance Bennett and Regina G. Lawrence
Conclusion: Journalism and democracy : contemporary challenges / Denis McQuail, Doris Graber, and Pippa Norris.
Introduction: political communication in a democracy / Doris Graber, Denis McQuail, and Pippa Norris
Political roles of the journalist / Thomas E. Patterson
Transition and democratization: the role of journalists in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union / Ellen Mickiewicz
Reporting presidential campaigns: a journalist's view / Walter Cronkite
Government news management / Barbara Pfetsch
The news shapers: strategic communication as a third force in news making / Jarol B. Manheim
The role of the press in the health care reform debate of 1993-1994 / Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Joseph N. Cappella
The public journalism movement and its problems / Michael Schudson
Public opinion and polling / Kathleen A. Frankovic
Market research and the audience for political news / Doug Underwood
Media concentration, economics, and regulation / Robert G. Picard
The media and public policy / David L. Paletz
The global impact of new technologies / W. Russell Neuman
Conclusion: challenges for public policy / Denis McQuail, Doris Graber, and Pippa Norris.
