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Subject(s)

• Mass media—Political aspects [Browse]
• Communication in politics [Browse]
• Democracy [Browse]
• Mass media—Influence [Browse]

Related name

• Aalberg, Toril [Browse]
• Curran, James [Browse]

Series

• Routledge new developments in communication and society research ; 1. [More in this series]
• Routledge new developments in communication and society research ; 1 [More in this series]

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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ISBN

• 9780415889087
• 0415889081

LCCN

2011035395

OCLC

659750846

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