List of Tables and Figures --

Preface and Acknowledgments --

1 Introduction (starting p. 1) --

2 Cable Versus Broadcast Coverage: Form and Content (starting p. 15) --

3 Covering the Coverage: The Self as News (starting p. 35) --

4 Issues and Nonissues: Bread and Circuses (starting p. 51) --

5 Horserace and Image: Waiting for Perot (starting p. 73) --

6 Individuals, Institutions, and Relationships: Stuck in Concrete (starting p. 93) --

7 Analysis and Description: "A Philosophical Difference" (starting p. 109) --

8 The Newsroom, the Field, and the Campaign (starting p. 121) --

9 News Structures: "I'm Too Old for This!" (starting p. 127) --

10 Newsmaking Routines: "This Is Not Brain Surgery" (starting p. 141) --

11 Newsworker Orientations: "Inside the Bubble" (starting p. 151) --

12 Breaking the Rules (starting p. 181) --

13 The Public as Political News Consumers (starting p. 195) --

14 Television as a Political Institution (starting p. 207) --

Appendix (starting p. 217) --

Notes (starting p. 221) --

References (starting p. 233) --

About the Book and Author (starting p. 237) --

Index (starting p. 239)