Changing minds or changing channels? : partisan news in an age of choice /
Kevin Arceneaux and Martin Johnson.
- xiv, 238 pages ; 23 cm.
- Chicago studies in American politics .
- Chicago studies in American politics .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-228) and index.
The expansion of choice -- Changes in media technology and content -- Selective exposure and media effects -- Partisan news and mass polarization -- Hearing the other side and standing firm -- The salience and framing of issues -- Bias and incivility in partisan media -- Media effects in the age of choice.
We live in an age of media saturation, where with a few clicks of the remote - or mouse - we can tune in to programming where the facts fit our ideological predispositions. This title demonstrates that the strong effects of media exposure found in past research are simply not applicable in today's more saturated media landscape.
Television broadcasting of news--Political aspects--United States. Noticieros por televisión--Estados Unidos Television and politics--United States. Television in politics--United States. Televisión en política Mass media and public opinion--United States. Medios de comunicación de masas --Opinión pública --Estados Unidos Medios de comunicación de masas --Estados Unidos Mass media--Influence.--United States Television viewers--Attitudes.--United States Televidentes --Estados Unidos
United States--Politics and government--21st century. United States--Politics and government--Public opinion.--21st century