Does News Content Matter?  

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Waigrave, Stefaan ; Swert, Knut De

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Ethical Perspectives: Journal of the European Ethics Network vol. 9 no. 4 (Dec. 2002), page 249-274.
Topik: The Contribution Of The News Media

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Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: EE45.5 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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In her book A Virtuous Circle (2000), Pippa Norris decidedly chooses the side of the media optimists. Based on impressive empirical evidence, she counters mainstream video-malaise theories, and substantiates convincingly that newspaper readers and TV-news viewers are not more civically disengaged. On the contrary, news consumers show more of the attitudinal and behavioural characteristics highly valued in a democracy. A whole range of indicators of political knowledge, trust and mobilization is positively associated with the use of news media. Norris’s study could be criticized in two ways. First, there is more to be watched on television and to be read in newspapers than news alone. Most people watch television not for the news programmes but for entertainment, movies, soaps, etc. Even if most news as such could be a positive factor enhancing political interest and trust, all the other much more frequently viewed and read media outlets might be detrimental for democratic attitudes. In the end, the media record might not be so favourable.

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