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What do local media report about Congress and its members. The purpose of this book is to look at what that coverage depends on and to extent to which congressional reporting meets the needs of congressional members and citizens. The chapters reveal that local congressional coverage does indeed vary widely, but in predictable ways. It can be explained to varying degrees by three sets of factors-market-district congruence, characteristics of different types of media, and member-media relations. After an introduction, Chapters 2 through 4 answer the question of what local media cover about Congress and Why. Chapter 5 uses the framework established in the previous chapters to examine election-year coverage, particularly reporting on congressional campaigns. Chapter 6 offers some final observations and a more direct assessment of the extent to which media act as watchdogs over government and a communication link between members of Congress and their constituents.
Contents
SHAPING LOCAL COVERAGE. Local Media and Congress. Questioning Symbiosis. Communication and Accountability. Local Media as Intermediary. Local Coverage and Understanding Congress. Three Aspects of Local Coverage. Studying Local Congressional Coverage TOO MANY STORIES. Coverage of Congress. Coverage of individual Members of Congress. THROUGH LOCAL EYES. The Extent of Localization. How Localization Occurs. Patterns in Localizing Content. Explaining Patterns in Localization. IS CONGRESSIONAL NEWS NECESSARILY BAD NEWS? How Congress is Covered. In Search of Symbiosis. HIT OR MISS: CAMPAIGN COVERAGE. Coverage in the Context of Campaigns. Campaign Coverage: Hit or Miss. CONCLUSIONS. Media as Intermediary: Reassessing Symbiosis. Representation Participation Congressional (Dis)approval. Potential and Improvements. Appendixes. Bibliography. Author Index. Subject Index.