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The Collection Of Media By U.S. Senators: A Preliminary Study, Richard L. Willis
The Collection Of Media By U.S. Senators: A Preliminary Study, Richard L. Willis
College of Journalism and Mass Communications: Theses
This study explores the relationship between media and the U.S. Senate by examining how senators and staff collect, study, and use media. Senators and staff study media to find out how they are portrayed by media. Their collection of news articles for study is an indicator of mediatization, a theory of how media shape society. Political actors study media to understand how media frame news about politics. Mediatization of politics occurs when loosely regulated media evolve from being intermediaries who deliver political news, to become active shapers of the government. The U.S. political system is influenced by the demands of …