Description: CHANGING MINDS OR CHANGING CHANNELS? - PARTISANNEWS IN AN AGE OF CHOICEAuthor(s): Kevin Arceneaux, Martin Johnson Format: Paperback Publisher: The University of Chicago Press, United States Imprint: University of Chicago Press ISBN-13: 9780226047300, 978-0226047300 Synopsis 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. But what are the political consequences of this vast landscape of media choice? Partisan news has been roundly castigated for reinforcing prior beliefs and contributing to the highly polarized political environment we have today, but there is little evidence to support this claim, and much of what we know about the impact of news media come from studies that were conducted at a time when viewers chose from among six channels rather than scores. Through a series of innovative experiments, Kevin Arceneaux and Martin Johnson show that such criticism is unfounded. Americans who watch cable news are already polarized, and their exposure to partisan programming of their choice does not significantly change their initial position. In fact, the opposite is true: viewers become more polarized when forced to watch programming that opposes their beliefs. A much more troubling consequence of the ever-expanding media environment, the authors show, is that it has allowed people to tune out the news: the four top-rated partisan news programs draw a mere three percent of the total number of people watching television. Overturning much of the conventional wisdom, Changing Minds or Changing Channels? demonstrates that the strong effects of media exposure found in past research are simply not applicable in today's more saturated media landscape.
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Book Title: CHANGING MINDS OR CHANGING CHANNELS? - PARTISANNEWS IN AN AGE ...
Number of Pages: 244 Pages
Publication Name: Changing Minds or Changing Channels?-Partisannews in an Age of Choice
Language: English
Publisher: T.H.E. University of Chicago Press
Item Height: 230 mm
Subject: Government
Publication Year: 2013
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 392 g
Author: Kevin Arceneaux, Martin Johnson
Item Width: 153 mm
Series: Chicago Studies in American Politics (Chup)
Format: Paperback
