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A virtuous circle : political communications in postindustrial societies / Pippa Norris.
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Norris, Pippa
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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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Communication in politics
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Communication
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Political aspects
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Press and politics
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Political parties
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Series
Communication, society, and politics
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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?
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ISBN
0521790158
9780521790154
0521793645 ((pbk.))
9780521793643 ((pbk.))
LCCN
00023673
OCLC
43552757
International Article Number
9780521793643
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