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How media inform democracy : a comparative approach / edited by Toril Aalberg and James Curran.

Contributor(s): Series: Routledge new developments in communication and societyPublication details: New York ; London : Routledge, 2012.Description: xi, 230 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780415889087 (hbk.)
  • 9780203803448 (ebk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 302.23 HOW 2012
Contents:
Introduction -- How 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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- How 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.