ISBN:
9780415889087
,
0203803442
,
9781136633829
,
9780203803448
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (245 p)
Series Statement:
Routledge New Developments in Communication and Society Research
Parallel Title:
Print version How Media Inform Democracy : A Comparative Approach
DDC:
302.23
Keywords:
Communication in politics
;
Mass media Influence
;
Democracy
;
Mass media Political aspects
;
Electronic books
;
Massenmedien
;
Politische Kommunikation
;
Demokratie
Abstract:
In this timely book, leading researchers consider how media inform democracy in six countries -- the United States, the United Kingdom, Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden. Taking as their starting point the idea that citizens need to be briefed adequately with a full and intelligent coverage of public affairs so that they can make responsible, informed choices rather than act out of ignorance and misinformation, contributors use a comparative approach to examine the way in which the shifting media landscape is affecting and informing the democratic process across the globe. In partic
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; How Media Inform Democracy: A Comparative Approach; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgements; Part I: Introduction; 1. How Media Inform Democracy: Central Debates; 2. Research Design; Part II: How Media ProvidesPolitical Information; 3. Media Systems and the Political Information Environment: A Cross-National Comparison; 4. The Political Information Environment during Election Campaigns; 5. News Substance: The Relative Importance of Soft and De-Contextualized News; Part III: How Media Affects PublicKnowledge and Perceptions
Description / Table of Contents:
6. News Content, Media Consumption, and Current Affairs Knowledge7. Media, Political Trust, and Political Knowledge: A Comparative Perspective; 8. Does Knowledge of Hard News Go with Knowledge of Soft News?: A Cross-National Analysis of the Structure of Public Affairs Knowledge; 9. Informed Citizens, Media Use, and Public Knowledge of Parties' Policy Positions; 10. The Financial Crisies as a Global News Event: Cross-National Media Coverage and Public Knowledge of Economic Affairs; 11. News Consumption and Public Opposition to Immigration across Countries; 12. Conclusion; Contributors
Description / Table of Contents:
BibliographyName Index; Subject Index;
Description / Table of Contents:
IntroductionHow media inform democracy: central debates / Toril Aalberg and James Curran -- Research design / Toril Aalberg, Zan Strabac and Tove Brekken -- How media provides political information. Media systems and the political information environment: a cross-national comparison / Toril Aalberg, Peter van Aelst and James Curran -- The political information environment during election campaigns / Peter van Aelst, Kjersti Thorbjornsrud and Toril Aalberg -- News substance: the relative importance of soft and de-contextualized news / Tove Brekken, Kjersti Thorbjornsrud and Toril Aalberg -- How media affects public knowledge and perceptions. News content, media use and current affairs knowledge / James Curran ... [et al.] -- Media, political trust and political knowledge: a comparative perspective / Kees Aarts, Audun Fladmoe and Jesper Strombock -- Does knowledge of hard news go with knowledge of soft news? a cross-national analysis of the structure of public affairs knowledge / Kyu S. Hahn ... [et al.] -- Informed citizens, media use and public knowledge of parties policy positions / Anders Todal Jenssen, Toril Aalberg and Kees Aarts -- The financial crises as a global news event. Cross-national media coverage and public knowledge of economic affairs / Jesper Strombock, Anders Todal Jenssen and Toril Aalberg -- News consumption and public opposition to immigration across countries / Zan Strabac, Kjersti Thorbjornsrud and Anders Todal Jenssen -- conclusion / Toril Aalberg and James Curran.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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