Preface: Kenny Meets George Washington or, "Come on Down, Your 15 Minutes of Fame Are Now!" / David Schultz
Ch. 1. American as Baseball and Apple Pie / John M. Bublic
Ch. 2. Cultural Contradictions of the American Media / David Schultz
Ch. 3. Protest Paradigm and News Coverage of the "Right to Party" Movement / Douglas M. McLeod
Ch. 4. Mass Media, Citizenship, and Democracy: Revitalizing Deliberation? / Gregory W. Streich
Ch. 5. Mirror, Mirror? The Politics of Television Science Fiction / Rex Brynen
Ch. 6. Political Cynicism and Its Contradictions in the Public, News, and Entertainment / Stephanic Greco Larson
Ch. 7. Criminals and Buffoons: The Portrayal of Elected Officials on Entertainment Television / Tracey L. Gladstone-Sovell
Ch. 8. As Brave as Stallone, as Beautiful as Brooke Shields" POW Rathbun-Nealy and American Military Women in the Gulf War / Martha F. Lee and Cynthia Nantais
Ch. 9. "Mr. Smith Tells Congress to Go to Heil": Celebrity and Performance in the Iran-Contra Affair / Amy Fried
Ch. 10. Synthetic History and Subjective Reality: The Impact of Oliver Stone's Film, JFK / Jim Kelly and Bill Elliott
Ch. 11. C-SPAN: A Window on the Political Process / Stephen E. Frantzich
Ch. 12. Democracy's Rebirth or Demise? The Influence of the Internet on Political Attitudes / Thomas J. Johnson and Barbara K. Kaye
Ch. 13. Incendiary Internet: Hate Speech and the Public Good / Donna Bertazzoni and Janis Judson
Ch. 14. Going Online: The Future of the News Media / John E. Hughes.
