| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 315 pages) : illustrations |
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Cambridge studies in public opinion and political psychology |
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Cambridge studies in public opinion and political psychology
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| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
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 this 2007 book is to examine systematically, how these differences in access and form of media affect political behaviour. Using experiments and survey data, it shows how changes in the media environment reverberate through the political system, affecting news exposure, political learning, turnout, and voting behaviour |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-308) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Mass media -- Political aspects.
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Mass media -- Influence.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Social Psychology.
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Mass media -- Influence
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Mass media -- Political aspects
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Massenmedien
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Politik
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Massamedia.
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Politieke invloed.
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USA
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Verenigde Staten.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780511279133 |
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0511279132 |
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0511277369 |
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9780511277368 |
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0511278535 |
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9780511278532 |
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9781139878425 |
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1139878425 |
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9786610850365 |
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6610850364 |
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