Post-broadcast democracy how media choice increases inequality in political involvement and polarizes elections

The media environment is changing. Today in the United States, the average viewer can choose from hundreds of channels, including several twenty-four hour news channels. News is on cell phones, on iPods, and online; it has become a ubiquitous and unavoidable reality in modern society. The purpose of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Prior, Markus, 1974- (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Cambridge University Press 2007.
Colección:CUP ebooks.
Cambridge studies in public opinion and political psychology.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • ch. 1. Introduction
  • ch. 2. Conditional political learning
  • pt. 1: The participatory effects of media choice. ch. 3. Broadcast television, political knowledge, and turnout
  • Appendix to ch. 3. Measuring political knowledge, NES 1952-1968
  • ch. 4. From low choice to high choice : the impact of cable television and Internet on news exposure, political knowledge, and turnout
  • Appendix to ch. 4. Description of knowledge measures
  • ch. 5. From low choice to high choice : Does greater media choice affect total news consumption and average turnout?
  • pt. 2: The political effects of media choice. ch. 6. Broadcast television, partisanship, and the incumbency advantage
  • ch. 7. Partisan polarization in the high-choice media environment
  • Appendix to ch. 7. Using a selection model to simulate partisan vote strength in the full electorate ch. 8. Divided by choice : audience fragmentation and political inequality in the post-broadcast media environment.