Politics on Demand: The Effects of 24-Hour News on American Politics (New Directions in Media)

This riveting book provides a nonpartisan examination of how the technological changes and financial imperatives of the media have led to an entertainment-driven news system poorly suited to report on American politics.

• Interviews with C-SPAN CEO Brian Lamb, Time magazine's TV critic James Poniewozak, Saturday Night Live Weekend Update head writer Alex Baze, and others shed light on today's media

• A chronology examines the technological progression of the American media and the financial developments of media corporate ownership over the past 50 years