Making the News: Politics, the Media, and Agenda Setting

Amber Boydstun

Role: Author

Written by a widely cited and influential academic

In this Winner of the American Political Science Association: Doris Graber Outstanding Book Award, Making the News by Amber Boydstun offers an eye-opening look at the explosive patterns of media attention that determine which issues are brought before the public. Boydstun shows how the seemingly unpredictable day-to-day decisions of the newsroom produce distinct patterns of operation with implications – good and bad – for national politics.