Apprehending Politics: News Media and Individual Political Development

Index

Index ABC News, 27, 40 abortion, 24–25, 30–31, 156, 213; abortion rights, 18, 122–123 Abrams, Elliot, 31 advertising. See political advertising Affirmative Action, 18, 206; as issue discussed by participants, 75, 102, 115, 177–178, 209–212; quotas, 210–212 Afghanistan War, 47, 64, 108, 125 African Americans. See race Agnew, Spiro T., 22, 28, 44 AIDS/HIV, 64, 106, 121, 123 American Enterprise Institute, 21, 23, 31 American Spectator, 31 America’s Most Wanted, 50 antiintellectualism, 23, 202–203, 224 AOL/Time Warner, 26–27 apartheid, 177 Arthur Andersen, 68. See also corporate scandals Artists Against Apartheid, 177 Ashcroft, John, 111, 196, 198 Austin Powers films, 182 Autobiography of Malcolm X, The (Haley), 97 Baby Boom Generation, 10–12 backlash populism. See “new populism” Bagdikian, Ben, 26–27 Bakhtin, Mikhail, 5 Balch, George, 4 Barnhurst, Kevin, 236 Baudrillard, Jean, 54 Bell Curve, The (Murray and Hernstein), 32 Bellah, Robert N., 46 Benatar, Pat, 181 Benjamin, Walter, 149 Bennett, Lance, 35 Biafra, Jello, 78 Bigger and Blacker, 177–178 Biko, Steven, 109 Bin Laden, Osama, 76, 84, 108, 198, 209 Bionic Woman, The, 180 Black Entertainment Television (BET), 177 books, 27, 175, 182–183 Boone, Daniel, 67, 174 Boorstin, Daniel, 53–54 Bradley, Bill, 171 Bradley Foundation, 21 Brokaw, Tom, 219 Bronson, Charles, 175 Bryant, Kobe, 51 Buchanan, Patrick J., 29, 33, 99 Buckley, William F., 31 Buffy the Vampire Slayer, 182–185 Bulworth, 82 Bush, George H.W., 20, 30, 45, 99, 121, 145, 181. See also presidential election of 1988; presidential election of 1992; Reagan, Ronald, presidential administration of Bush, George W., 17, 20, 30, 39–42, 47, 54, 79, 83, 94, 99, 107, 110, 133, 139, 142, 179, 185–187, 195, 201, 203–204, 213, 220, 223–224, 248; as discussed by participants, 60–61, 64–65, 69, 75–76, 80, 84, 89, 96, 100, 104, 116, 119, 125, 171–172, 193–194, 199–200, 202–203, 209; presidential administration of, 19, 33, 42, 45, 108, 111. See also presidential election of 2000; presidential election of 2004 business. See corporations Business Roundtable, 21 cable television, 5, 51, 136 campaign financing, 20; reform of, 18, 80, 173, 109, 195, 214, 219 Canadian Broadcasting System (CBC), 102 capital punishment, 18, 25, 30, 122, 150 Car Wash, 178 Carlyle Group, 195 Carter, Billy, 133 Carter, Jimmy, 17, 72, 79, 87, 105, 117, 121, 131, 133, 240. See also presidential election of 1980 Carville, James, 200 Cato Institute, 21, 120 CBS Evening News, 70 CBS News, 27, 29, 40 Center for Media and Public Affairs, 39 Center for Strategic and International Studies, 31 Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 44. See also U.S. intelligence Chaffee, Steven, 5 Challenger space shuttle disaster, 151 Chaloupka, William, 46 Channel One News, 151 Chapman, Tracy, 181 Chariots of Fire, 67 Charlie’s Angels, 180 276 INDEX Cheney, Dick, 194–195. See also Bush, George W., presidential administration of Chris Rock Show, The, 177, 182, 186 Christian Broadcasting Network, 31 Churchill, Sir Winston, 174 civic engagement/disengagement, 45–47; of participants, 59, 64, 69–70, 72–73, 79, 82, 88, 91, 109, 113 Civil Disobedience (Thoreau), 207 civil rights movement, 18, 25, 43, 97, 109, 147, 182, 207 class, 19, 22, 36, 156; anxiety, 46; class warfare, 22, 24, 38, 217; and ideology , 189–192, 220; myths associated with, 22, 37; news media coverage of, 216–217. See also socioeconomic status Clinton, Hillary Rodham, 94, 149–150, 219 Clinton/Lewinsky scandal, 45, 103, 153, 240; as discussed by participants, 65, 203; news media coverage of, 32, 50, 51 Clinton, Bill, 17, 20, 29, 32–33, 69, 75, 89, 99, 106, 140, 142, 187, 195–196, 213, 217, 219; as discussed by participants , 59, 87, 94, 98, 118–119, 199–200, 203; health care plan, 22, 32; impeachment, 162; presidential administration of, 45. See also presidential election of 1992; presidential election of 1996 CNBC, 27 CNN, 27, 34, 41, 53, 62, 106, 120, 124, 143–144, 151–152, 160 CNN.com, 62, 70, 162 CNNfn, 27, 51 CNN Headline News, 27, 53, 253 Cobb, Jonathan, 191 Coleman, Dabney, 181 Columbine High School, 1, 3. See also school schootings/violence Comenici, Nadia, 220 Commentary, 23 Common Sense Radio with Oliver North, 31 community: as issue discussed by participants , 58, 215; and news media engagement, 167–168; role in individual political development, 72–73, 77–78, 86–87, 91, 97, 105, 107, 118, 163–168...