Political Journalism in Comparative Perspective Erik Albaek, Arjen Van Dalen, Nael Jebril, Claes H. De Vreese

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Albaek, Erik [author]

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Series: Communication, society and politics Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , 2014Description: xvi, 248 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmISBN:

9781107036284
9781107674608

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DDC classification:

23 070.44932 A325

Summary: Political journalism is often under fire. Conventional wisdom and much scholarly research suggest that journalists are cynics and political pundits. Political news is void of substance and overly focused on strategy and persons. Citizens do not learn from the news, are politically cynical, and are dissatisfied with the media. This book challenges these assumptions, which are often based on single-country studies with limited empirical observations about the relation between news production, content, and journalism's effects. Based on interviews with journalists, a systematic content analysis of political news, and panel survey data in different countries, this book tests how different systems and media-politics relations condition the contents of political news. It shows how different content creates different effects and demonstrates that under the right circumstances citizens learn from political news, do not become cynical, and are satisfied with political journalism.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
كتاب	Central Library المكتبة المركزية	070.44932 p325 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	قاعة الكتب		21391
كتاب	Central Library المكتبة المركزية	070.44932 A325 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	قاعة الكتب		34345

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Political journalism is often under fire. Conventional wisdom and much scholarly research suggest that journalists are cynics and political pundits. Political news is void of substance and overly focused on strategy and persons. Citizens do not learn from the news, are politically cynical, and are dissatisfied with the media. This book challenges these assumptions, which are often based on single-country studies with limited empirical observations about the relation between news production, content, and journalism's effects. Based on interviews with journalists, a systematic content analysis of political news, and panel survey data in different countries, this book tests how different systems and media-politics relations condition the contents of political news. It shows how different content creates different effects and demonstrates that under the right circumstances citizens learn from political news, do not become cynical, and are satisfied with political journalism.