Preface Part I: THE MAKING OF A NEWS GRAZER Chapter 1: Why Don't We Trust Congress and the Media? News Grazing The Evolution of Media Choice and Screening The Birth of News Grazers News Grazing and Congressional Distrust Conclusion Chapter 2: The News Grazer Selective Exposure The News-Grazing Decision: Practices and Theories News Grazing: Trends and Analysis Conclusion Chapter 3: News Makers and Producers: The Emergence of Commentary News Selling the News: Is News a Private or Public Good? The News Makers Adaptations and Strategies: Making Commentary News The News Producers New Media Strategies: Producing Commentary News Conclusion Part II: THE EFFECTS OF NEWS GRAZING Chapter 4: Partisan News Understanding News Opinion Evaluating the Effects of Opinion News Conclusion Chapter 5: Breaking News Understanding News Urgency The Effects of News Urgency on Attitudes toward Congress Conclusion Chapter 6: Fake News Fake News and Political Trust Fake Satirical News: Evolution, Audience, and Content Political Satire and Public Attitudes Toward Congress: Why and How Does Political Satire Matter? Assessing the Effects of Political Satire on Congressional Cynicism Conclusion Chapter 7: Overexposed A Summary of the News-Grazing Theory An Overexposed Congress: Does It Matter? An Overexposed Media: Does It Matter? Conclusion Appendix I: Breaking-News Experiment: Pretest/Post-Test Script Appendix II: Satirical News Experiment: Pretest/Post-Test Script References Index About the Author
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