Post-broadcast democracy : how media choice increases inequality in political involvement and polarizes elections / Markus Prior.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Prior, Markus, 1974-

Series:

Cambridge studies in public opinion and political psychology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media--Political aspects.

Mass media.

Mass media--Influence.

Physical Description:

xvii, 315 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Contents:

2 Conditional Political Learning 27

Part 1 The Participatory Effects of Media Choice

3 Broadcast Television, Political Knowledge, and Turnout 55

Appendix to Chapter 3: Measuring Political Knowledge, NES 1952-1968 92

4 From Low Choice to High Choice: The Impact of Cable Television and Internet on News Exposure, Political Knowledge, and Turnout 94

Appendix to Chapter 4: Description of Knowledge Measures 138

5 From Low Choice to High Choice: Does Greater Media Choice Affect Total News Consumption and Average Turnout? 142

Part 2 The Political Effects of Media Choice

6 Broadcast Television, Partisanship, and the Incumbency Advantage 163

7 Partisan Polarization in the High-Choice Media Environment 214

Appendix to Chapter 7: Using a Selection Model to Simulate Partisan Vote Strength in the Full Electorate 249

8 Divided by Choice: Audience Fragmentation and Political Inequality in the Post-Broadcast Media Environment 255.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-308) and index.

ISBN:

9780521858724

0521858720

9780521675338

0521675332

OCLC:

71173667