Download or read book Media Power in Politics written by Doris Appel Graber and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of 37 articles by authors from several social science backgrounds ... Includes essays on ... the history of mass media effects, the agenda-setting function of the press, business coverage in network newscasts, television campaign coverage, media power in presidential elections, and the flow of news among nations. The articles also explore the media's role in the Vietnam War, Watergate, and the Three Mile Island and Iranian hostage crises.