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

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Author / Creator:Prior, Markus, 1974-
Imprint:New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Description:xvii, 315 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Cambridge studies in public opinion and political psychology
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6631369
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ISBN:9780521858724 (hardback)
0521858720 (hardback)
9780521675338 (pbk.)
0521675332 (pbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-308) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • List of Tables
  • List of Figures
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Conditional Political Learning
  • Part 1. The Participatory Effects of Media Choice
  • 3. Broadcast Television, Political Knowledge, and Turnout
  • Appendix to Chapter 3: Measuring Political Knowledge, Nes 1952-1968
  • 4. From Low Choice to High Choice: The Impact of Cable Television and Internet on News Exposure, Political Knowledge, and Turnout
  • Appendix to Chapter 4: Description of Knowledge Measures
  • 5. From Low Choice to High Choice: Does Greater Media Choice Affect Total News Consumption and Average Turnout?
  • Part 2. The Political Effects of Media Choice
  • 6. Broadcast Television, Partisanship, and the Incumbency Advantage
  • 7. Partisan Polarization in the High-Choice Media Environment
  • Appendix to Chapter 7: Using a Selection Model to Simulate Partisan Vote Strength in the Full Electorate
  • 8. Divided by Choice: Audience Fragmentation and Political Inequality in the Post-Broadcast Media Environment
  • References
  • Index