Bibliograph

How media inform democracy, a comparative approach, edited by Toril Aalberg and James Curran

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Label

How media inform democracy, a comparative approach, edited by Toril Aalberg and James Curran

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [203]-221) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

How media inform democracy

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

751799903

Responsibility statement

edited by Toril Aalberg and James Curran

Series statement

Routledge new developments in communication and society research

Sub title

a comparative approach

Table Of 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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