Reconsidering ‘virtuous circle’ and ‘media malaise’ theories of the media: An 11-nation study
Abstract
This study, based on a content analysis of television news and survey in eleven nations, explores the split between those who see the media as politically alienating and others who see the media as encouraging greater political involvement. Here, we suggest that both positions are partly right. On the one hand, television news, and in particular public service television news, can be very effective in imparting information about public affairs and promoting a culture of democracy in which news exposure, public affairs knowledge, sense of democratic competence and political interest feed off each other. On the other hand, the views represented in public affairs news are overwhelmingly those of men and elites, which can discourage identification with public life.
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James Curran, Sharon Coen, Stuart Soroka, Toril Aalberg, Kaori Hayashi, Zira Hichy, … Rod Tiffen (2014). Reconsidering ‘virtuous circle’ and ‘media malaise’ theories of the media: An 11-nation study. Journalism. https://doi.org/10.1177/1464884913520198
@article{james2014reconsidering,
title = {Reconsidering ‘virtuous circle’ and ‘media malaise’ theories of the media: An 11-nation study},
author = {Curran, James and Coen, Sharon and Soroka, Stuart and Aalberg, Toril and Hayashi, Kaori and Hichy, Zira and Iyengar, Shanto and Jones, Paul K. and Mazzoleni, Gianpietro and Papathanassopoulos, Stylianos and Rhee, June Woong and Rojas, Hernando and Rowe, David and Tiffen, Rod},
year = {2014},
journal = {Journalism},
doi = {10.1177/1464884913520198}
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