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American Journalism Review, January, 2003 by Stepp, Carl Sessions
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Democracy and the News
By Herbert J. Gans
Oxford University Press
184 pages
$26
The biggest surprise in Herbert Gans' new book isn't his blunt diagnosis of what ails journalism or his fresh, often funky suggestions for reform. The biggest surprise is his challenge to basic assumptions about news and democracy.
To begin with, Gans argues, journalists inflate their influence on audiences and politics.
"Most of the time," he counters, "most of the news audience pays too little attention to the news for it to have much effect on them....
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