
Neoliberal Policy Approaches Have Swept Over The American Political Economy In Recent Decades. In Framing Inequality, Matt Guardino Focuses On The Power Of Corporate News Media In Shaping How The Public Understands The Pivotal Policy Debates Of This Period. Drawing On A Wide Range Of Empirical Evidence From The Dawn Of The Reagan Era Into The Trump Administration, He Explains How Profit Pressures And Commercial Imperatives In The Media Have Narrowed And Trivialized News Coverage And Influenced Public Attitudes In The Process. Guardino Highlights How The Political-economic Structure Of Mainstream Media Operates To Magnify Some Political Messages And To Mute Or Shut Out Others. He Contends That News Framing Of Policies That Contribute To Economic Inequality Has Been Unequal, And That This Has Undermined Americans' Opportunities To Express Their Views On An Equal Basis. Framing Inequality Is A Unique Study That Offers Critical Understanding Of Not Only How Neoliberalism Succeeded As A Political Project, But Also How Americans Might Begin To Build A More Democratic And Egalitarian Media System.
This book investigates how the structural imperatives of corporate news media influence public perception of economic inequality and neoliberal policy. Matt Guardino, a scholar of political communication, utilizes a longitudinal analysis of media coverage from the Reagan era through the Trump administration. He argues that commercial pressures within the media landscape systematically narrow the range of political discourse, thereby marginalizing egalitarian perspectives and reinforcing neoliberal policy frameworks.
What You Will Find
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Scholars in political communication and media studies identify this work as a rigorous examination of the intersection between corporate media ownership and democratic participation. Readers frequently note the academic density of the prose and the depth of the empirical data provided to support the author's claims.
Page Count:
288
Publication Date:
2019-01-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
0190888202
ISBN-13:
9780190888206
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