Media Roles and Legislators' News Media Use

Abstract

This mail survey of 82 Alabama legislators (59% return) finds that officials' view of the press as adversary or agent of consensus was related to perceived value of media for job-relevant information. Legislators believing the consensus model found the press more useful than did legislators seeing the press as an adversary, suggesting a possible dysfunction of the “watch-dog” role.

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