10 The Media

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved Figure 10.1: Young People Have Become Less Interested in Political News Source: The Los Angeles Times, Times Mirror Center for the People and the Press (June 28, 1990).

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved Figure 10.2: Public Perception of Accuracy in the Media Source: Pew Research Center, "The People and the Press" (February 1999), 13.

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved Table 10.1: Decline in Viewership of the Television Networks

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved Table 10.2: Journalist Opinion Versus Public Opinion

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved Figure 10.3: Decline in Public Trust of the Media Source: David Shaw, "Trust in Media Is on Decline," Los Angeles Times (March 31, 1993): A16, reporting data a Times poll conducted March 6-9, Copyright 1993, Los Angeles Times. Reprinted by permission.

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved Figure 10.3: Decline in Public Trust of the Media (cont’d) Source: David Shaw, "Trust in Media Is on Decline," Los Angeles Times (March 31, 1993): A16, reporting data a Times poll conducted March 6-9, Copyright 1993, Los Angeles Times. Reprinted by permission.