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Politics of Misinformation »
Authors: Murray Edelman, W. Lance Bennett (Editor), Robert M. Entman
ISBN-13: 9780521801171, ISBN-10: 0521801176
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: April 2001
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Author Biography: Murray Edelman
Book Synopsis
This book is about how people in power use language to generate and perpetuate misunderstandings.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | ||
| Introduction | 1 | |
| 1 | Images | 11 |
| 2 | Social Change | 18 |
| 3 | Authority | 39 |
| 4 | Public Opinion | 52 |
| 5 | Institutions | 71 |
| 6 | Language | 78 |
| 7 | Science | 104 |
| 8 | Crime as an Example | 112 |
| Epilogue | 129 | |
| Bibliography | 131 | |
| Index | 135 |
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