Manipulating Democracy : Democratic Theory, Political Psychology, and Mass Media Condition:Like New rich - and single -

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Manipulating Democracy : Democratic Theory, Political Psychology, and Mass Media Condition:Like New rich - and single -Manipulation is a source of pervasive anxiety in contemporary American politics. Observers charge that manipulative practices in political advertising, media coverage, and public discourse have helped to produce an increasingly polarized political arena, an uninformed and apathetic electorate, election campaigns that exploit public fears and prejudices, a media that titillates rather than educates, and a policy process that too often focuses on the