Public policy and media : the interplay of mass communication and political decision making / edited by Sigrid Koch-Baumgarten and Katrin Voltmer

Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction: understanding the media policy link / Sigrid Koch-Baumgarten and Katrin Voltmer -- Policy issues, agenda and the media. Public policy and the mass media: an information processing approach / Bryan D. Jones and Michelle Wolfe -- Do the media shape parties' agenda preferences? an empirical study of party manifestoes in Belgium (1987-2003) / Stefaan Walgrave and Jonas Lefevere -- Closing the circle: a case study in the role of spin in the policy cycle / Neil Gavin -- Knowledge culture and power: biotechnolocy and the popular press / Pieter Maeseele and Dimitri Schuurrman -- Aid organizations, governments and the media: the critical role of journalists in signaling authority recognition / Matthias Ecker-Ehrhardt -- Policy institutions, constellations of actors and the media. The media and the policy process: a policy centric approach / Robin Brown -- Contested processes, contested influence: a case study of genetically modified food in Britain / Anita Howarth -- Going public? (re)presentation of women's policy in the media / Birgit Sauer -- Public pushing for pension reform? the short-term impact of media coverage on long-term policy making in Germany, Britain and the United States / Christoph Strunck -- Condemned to repeat: the media and the accountability gap in Iraq War policy / Robert M. Entman, Steven Livingston and Sean Aday -- Conclusion: the interplay of mass communication and the interplay of mass communication and political decision making-policy matters / Sigrid Koch-Baumgarten and Katrin Voltmerx