A virtuous circle : political communications in postindustrial societies / Pippa Norris.

Author
Norris, Pippa [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Description
xvii, 398 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

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        Series
        Communication, society, and politics [More in this series]
        Summary note
        "Is the process of political communication by the news media and by parties responsible for civic malaise? A Virtuous Circle sets out to challenge this conventional wisdom. Based on a comparison of the role of the news media and parties in postindustrial societies, focusing in particular on western Europe and the United States, this study argues that rather than mistakenly 'blaming the messenger', we need to understand and confront more deep-rooted flaws in representative democracy." "The book outlines appropriate standards for evaluating the performance of the news media and compares changes in the news media, including the rise of the Internet and the development of postmodern election campaigns. Norris shows that although negative news can erode public support for specific policy issues, in general there is a consistently positive relationship between attention to the news media and political knowledge, trust, and participation. The theory of a 'virtuous circle' is proposed to account for the main findings."--Jacket.
        Bibliographic references
        Includes bibliographical references (p. 369-388) and indexes.
        Contents
        • The News Media and Civic Malaise
        • The News Media and Democracy
        • Evaluating Media Performance
        • Understanding Political Communications
        • Trends in Political Communications
        • The Decline of Newspapers?
        • The Rise (and Fall?) of the Television Age
        • The Emerging Internet Era
        • The Evolution of Campaign Communications
        • The Rise of the Postmodern Campaign?
        • The Impact on Democracy
        • Negative News, Negative Public?
        • Knows Little? Information and Choice
        • Cares Less? Cynical Media, Cynical Public?
        • Stays Home? Political Mobilization
        • American Exceptionalism?
        • A Virtuous Circle?
        ISBN
        • 0521790158
        • 9780521790154
        • 0521793645 ((pbk.))
        • 9780521793643 ((pbk.))
        LCCN
        00023673
        OCLC
        43552757
        International Article Number
        • 9780521793643
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