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Changing minds or changing channels? : partisan news in an age of choice / Kevin Arceneaux and Martin Johnson.
Loaned to Another Library PN1992.6 .A695 2013
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Arceneaux, Kevin.
- Series:
- Chicago studies in American politics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Television broadcasting of news--Political aspects--United States.
- Television broadcasting of news.
- Television and politics--United States.
- Television and politics.
- Politics and government.
- Public opinion.
- Television viewers.
- Television broadcasting of news--Political aspects.
- United States.
- Television in politics--United States.
- Television in politics.
- Mass media and public opinion--United States.
- Mass media and public opinion.
- Mass media--United States--Influence.
- Mass media.
- Television viewers--United States--Attitudes.
- United States--Politics and government--21st century--In mass media.
- United States--Politics and government--21st century--Public opinion.
- Physical Description:
- pages ; cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2013.
- Summary:
- We live in an age of media saturation, where with a few clicks of the remote-or mouse-we can tune in to programming where the facts fit our ideological predispositions. But what are the political consequences of this vast landscape of media choice? Partisan news has been roundly castigated for reinforcing prior beliefs and contributing to the highly polarized political environment we have today, but there is little evidence to support this claim, and much of what we know about the impact of news media comes from studies that were conducted at a time when viewers chose from among six channels rather than scores. Through a series of innovative experiments, Kevin Arceneaux and Martin Johnson show that such criticism is unfounded. Americans who watch cable news are already polarized, and their exposure to partisan programming of their choice does not significantly change their initial position. In fact, the opposite is true: viewers become more polarized when forced to watch programming that opposes their beliefs. A much more troubling consequence of the ever-expanding media environment, the authors show, is that it has allowed people to tune out the news: the four top-rated partisan news programs draw a fraction of the total number of people watching television. Overturning much of the conventional wisdom, Changing Minds or Changing Channels? demonstrates that the strong effects of media exposure found in past research are simply not applicable in today's more saturated media landscape. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- The expansion of choice
- Changes in media technology and content
- Selective exposure and media effects
- Partisan news and mass polarization
- Hearing the other side and standing firm
- The salience and framing of issues
- Bias and incivility in partisan media
- Media effects in the age of choice.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780226047270
- 022604727X
- 9780226047300
- 022604730X
- OCLC:
- 818985641
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