Includes bibliographical references and index.

Encyclopedia of Media and Politics is the first comprehensive guide to the U.S. media's influence on public policy, elections, and constituencies. With more than 300 alphabetical entries, this convenient single-volume reference provides an accessible introduction to the key terms, events, people, principles, and organizations that have shaped this dynamic relationship since the founding of the United States. This volume breaks new ground in its scope by: defining and examining such concepts, trends, and topics as advocacy journalism, agenda setting, censorship, embedding, ethics and the media, exit polls, new media, pundit shows, and many others; explaining and providing context for the regulations, legislation, agencies, and legal issues and cases relating to the media, including the Federal Communications Commission, the First Amendment, the Freedom of Information Act, libel law, and shield laws; profiling major U.S. media organizations and publications, including ABC, the Associated Press, CBS, CNN, C-SPAN, Fox, NBC, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the National Review; providing biographies of public figures whose actions have influenced the relationship between media and politics, from John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson to Roger Ailes, Al Franken, Katharine Graham, Rush Limbaugh, Bernard Shaw, and others. Book jacket. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.