| Abstract: | INFORMATION AND ELECTIONS by R. Michael Alvarez (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, “Michigan Studies in Political Analysis,”; 1997— $39.50, ISBN 0–472–10779–8, 257 pp., tables, notes, references, index) MEDIA SCANDALS: MORALITY AND DESIRE IN THE POPULAR CULTURE MARKETPLACE edited by James Lull and Stephen Hinerman (New York: Columbia University Press, 1997—$45/17.50, ISBN 0–231–11164–9 hard, 0–231–11165–7 paper, 259 pp., notes, index) POLITICAL COMMUNICATION: POLITICS, PRESS, AND PUBLIC IN AMERICA by Richard M. Perloff (Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1998—prices not given, ISBN 0–8058–1794–8 hard, 0–8058–1795–6 paper, 492 pp., endnotes, references, index) HYSTORIES: HYSTERICAL EPIDEMICS AND MODERN CULTURE by Elaine Showalter (New York: Columbia University Press, 1997—$24.95/14.95, ISBN 0–231–10458–8 hard, 0–231–10459–6 paper, 244 pp., notes (index) REVIEWING THE ARTS by Campbell B. Titchener (Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates “LEA's Communication Series,”; 1998 2nd ed.]—$39.95/19.95, ISBN 0–8058–2774–9 hard, 0–8058–2809–5 paper, 187 pp., reading list, index) THE MEDIA AND THE MILITARY: FROM THE CRIMEA TO DESERT STRIKE by Peter Young and Peter Jesser (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997— $59.95/19.95, ISBN 0–312–21011–6 hard, 0–312–21012–4 paper, 391 pp., notes, bibliography, index) |
