Goldsmith Book Prize Winners

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Winners

	Manipulating the Masses: Woodrow Wilson and the Birth of American Propaganda by John Maxwell Hamilton 3.92 avg rating — 13 ratings Goldsmith Book Prize for Academic (2021)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Aristocracy of Critics: Luce, Hutchins, Niebuhr, and the Committee That Redefined Freedom of the Press by Stephen Bates 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings Goldsmith Book Prize for Trade (2021)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future by Steven Levitsky 4.17 avg rating — 22,317 ratings Goldsmith Book Prize for Trade (2019)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Internet Trap: How the Digital Economy Builds Monopolies and Undermines Democracy by Matthew Hindman 3.69 avg rating — 45 ratings Goldsmith Book Prize for Academic (2019)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Democracy’s Detectives: The Economics of Investigative Journalism by James T. Hamilton 3.91 avg rating — 32 ratings Goldsmith Book Prize for Academic (2017)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Republic of Spin: An Inside History of the American Presidency by David Greenberg 3.68 avg rating — 201 ratings Goldsmith Book Prize for Trade (2017)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lincoln and the Power of the Press: The War for Public Opinion by Harold Holzer 4.01 avg rating — 197 ratings Goldsmith Book Prize for Trade (2016)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Political Journalism in Comparative Perspective by Erik Albaek 2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings Goldsmith Book Prize for Academic (2016)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Invention of News: How the World Came to Know About Itself by Andrew Pettegree 3.71 avg rating — 198 ratings Goldsmith Book Prize for Trade (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Media Commercialization and Authoritarian Rule in China by Daniela Stockmann 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings Goldsmith Book Prize for Academic (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Who Owns the Future? by Jaron Lanier 3.78 avg rating — 3,513 ratings Goldsmith Book Prize for Trade (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How Partisan Media Polarize America by Matthew Levendusky 3.58 avg rating — 12 ratings Goldsmith Book Prize for Academic (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Changing Minds or Changing Channels?: Partisan News in an Age of Choice by Kevin Arceneaux 4.17 avg rating — 18 ratings Goldsmith Book Prize for Academic (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Consent of the Networked: The Worldwide Struggle For Internet Freedom by Rebecca MacKinnon 3.90 avg rating — 518 ratings Goldsmith Book Prize for Trade (2013)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Why Americans Hate the Media and How It Matters by Jonathan M. Ladd 3.38 avg rating — 21 ratings Goldsmith Book Prize for Academic (2013)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Net Delusion: The Dark Side of Internet Freedom by Evgeny Morozov 3.67 avg rating — 1,728 ratings Goldsmith Book Prize for Trade (2012)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Going Local: Presidential Leadership in the Post-Broadcast Age by Jeffrey E. Cohen 2.80 avg rating — 5 ratings Goldsmith Book Prize for Academic (2012)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What Is Happening to News: The Information Explosion and the Crisis in Journalism by Jack Fuller 3.74 avg rating — 34 ratings Goldsmith Book Prize for Trade (2011)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cycles of Spin by Patrick J. Sellers 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings Goldsmith Book Prize for Academic (2011)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	When Politicians Attack: Party Cohesion in the Media by Tim J. Groeling 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings Goldsmith Book Prize for Academic (2011)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Journalism's Roving Eye: A History of American Foreign Reporting by John Maxwell Hamilton really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10 ratings Goldsmith Book Prize for Trade (2010)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Myth of Digital Democracy by Matthew Hindman 3.70 avg rating — 86 ratings Goldsmith Book Prize for Academic (2010)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals by Jane Mayer 4.19 avg rating — 4,263 ratings Goldsmith Book Prize for Trade (2009)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Post-Broadcast Democracy: How Media Choice Increases Inequality in Political Involvement and Polarizes Elections by Markus Prior 4.04 avg rating — 57 ratings Goldsmith Book Prize for Academic (2009)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nation of Secrets: The Threat to Democracy and the American Way of Life by Ted Gup 3.74 avg rating — 38 ratings Goldsmith Book Prize for Trade (2008)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In Defense of Negativity: Attack Ads in Presidential Campaigns by John G. Geer 3.58 avg rating — 38 ratings Goldsmith Book Prize for Academic (2008)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Politicians Don't Pander: Political Manipulation and the Loss of Democratic Responsiveness by Lawrence R. Jacobs 3.23 avg rating — 13 ratings Goldsmith Book Prize (2007)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle, and the Awakening of a Nation by Gene Roberts 4.21 avg rating — 1,544 ratings Goldsmith Book Prize for Trade (2007)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hearing the Other Side: Deliberative versus Participatory Democracy by Diana C. Mutz 3.85 avg rating — 78 ratings Goldsmith Book Prize for Academic (2007)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Perilous Times: Free Speech in Wartime: From the Sedition Act of 1798 to the War on Terrorism by Geoffrey R. Stone 4.32 avg rating — 232 ratings Goldsmith Book Prize for Trade (2006)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars