How media inform democracy :

How media inform democracy : a comparative approach / edited by Toril Aalberg and James Curran. - New York ; London : Routledge, 2012. - xi, 230 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Routledge new developments in communication and society. .

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.

9780415889087 (hbk.) 9780203803448 (ebk.)


Mass media--Political aspects.
Communication in politics.
Democracy.
Mass media--Influence.

302.23 / HOW 2012