Post-Broadcast Democracy: How Media Choice Increases Inequality in Political Involvement and Polarizes Elections Markus Prior

Post-Broadcast Democracy: How Media Choice Increases Inequality in Political Involvement and Polarizes Elections

Author: Markus Prior
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Book Title
Post-Broadcast Democracy: How Media Choice Increases Inequality in Political Involvement and Polarizes Elections
Author
Markus Prior
ISBN
9780521675338
The media environment is changing. Today in the United States, the average viewer can choose from hundreds of channels, including several twenty-four hour news channels. News is on cell phones, on iPods, and online; it has become a ubiquitous and unavoidable reality in modern society. The purpose of this book is to examine systematically, how these differences in access and form of media affect political behaviour. Using experiments and new survey data, it shows how changes in the media environment reverberate through the political system, affecting news exposure, political learning, turnout, and voting behavior.Binding Type: PaperbackAuthor: Markus PriorPublisher: Cambridge University PressPublished: 03/01/2007ISBN: 9780521675338Pages: 338Weight: 1.15lbsSize: 8.90h x 5.80w x 0.90d
The media environment is changing. Today in the United States, the average viewer can choose from hundreds of channels, including several twenty-four hour news channels. News is on cell phones, on iPods, and online; it has become a ubiquitous and unavoidable reality in modern society. The purpose of this book is to examine systematically, how these differences in access and form of media affect political behaviour. Using experiments and new survey data, it shows how changes in the media environment reverberate through the political system, affecting news exposure, political learning, turnout, and voting behavior.

Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Markus Prior
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 03/01/2007
ISBN: 9780521675338
Pages: 338
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.80w x 0.90d
The media environment is changing. Today in the United States, the average viewer can choose from hundreds of channels, including several twenty-four hour news channels. News is on cell phones, on iPods, and online; it has become a ubiquitous and unavoidable reality in modern society. The purpose of this book is to examine systematically, how these differences in access and form of media affect political behaviour. Using experiments and new survey data, it shows how changes in the media environment reverberate through the political system, affecting news exposure, political learning, turnout, and voting behavior.

Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Markus Prior
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 03/01/2007
ISBN: 9780521675338
Pages: 338
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.80w x 0.90d