TY  - BOOK
AU  - Aalberg,Toril
AU  - Curran,James
TI  - How media inform democracy: a comparative approach 
T2  - Routledge new developments in communication and society
SN  - 9780415889087 (hbk.)
U1  - 302.23 
PY  - 2012///
CY  - New York, London
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Mass media
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Communication in politics
KW  - Democracy
KW  - Influence
N1  - 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
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