Unavailable
Unavailable
Unavailable
Ebook366 pages4 hours
Changing Minds or Changing Channels?: Partisan News in an Age of Choice
By Kevin Arceneaux and Martin Johnson
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
()
Currently unavailable
Currently unavailable
About this ebook
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 has little influence on their political positions. 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? demonstrate that the strong effects of media exposure found in past research are simply not applicable in today’s more saturated media landscape.
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 has little influence on their political positions. 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? demonstrate that the strong effects of media exposure found in past research are simply not applicable in today’s more saturated media landscape.
Unavailable
Related to Changing Minds or Changing Channels?
Related ebooks
Facing the Challenge of Democracy: Explorations in the Analysis of Public Opinion and Political Participation Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDelivering the People's Message: The Changing Politics of the Presidential Mandate Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRivalry and Reform: Presidents, Social Movements, and the Transformation of American Politics Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsJournalism as a Democratic Art: Selected Essays by Cole C. Campbell Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFuture Agenda: Six Challenges for the Next Decade Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCompleting the Revolution: A Vision for Victory in 2000 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsReturn of the "L" Word: A Liberal Vision for the New Century Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBasic Income and the Left: A European Debate Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWhen the Press Fails: Political Power and the News Media from Iraq to Katrina Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Outside Lobbying: Public Opinion and Interest Group Strategies Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCitizen Lobbyists: Local Efforts to Influence Public Policy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLast Best Gifts: Altruism and the Market for Human Blood and Organs Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Summary of Kamala Harris' The Truths We Hold Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDigital Media and Democratic Futures Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBreaking Through: Communications Lessons From the Locker Room, the Board Room & the Oval Office Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsChronicle of a Failure Foretold: The Peace Process of Colombian President Andrés Pastrana Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSouthern Cultures: Southern Lives Issue: Summer 2010 Issue Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHealthy Power: Pathways to Success in Work, Love and Life Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsStructural Holes: The Social Structure of Competition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Public Opinion, Campaign Politics & Media Audiences: New Australian Perspectives Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCapitalism, Democracy, and Ralph's Pretty Good Grocery Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5In-Your-Face Politics: The Consequences of Uncivil Media Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Body Politic: The Battle Over Science in America Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPrisoners of Myth: The Leadership of the Tennessee Valley Authority, 1933-1990 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCounterrevolution: The Crusade to Roll Back the Gains of the Civil Rights Movement Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Political Tone: How Leaders Talk and Why Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMastering Marketing: Leading A Journey Of Becoming Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsStaging Democracy: Political Performance in Ukraine, Russia, and Beyond Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Politics For You
On Palestine Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Capitalism and Freedom Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Real Anthony Fauci: Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Republic by Plato Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Son of Hamas: A Gripping Account of Terror, Betrayal, Political Intrigue, and Unthinkable Choices Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fear: Trump in the White House Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Cult of Trump: A Leading Cult Expert Explains How the President Uses Mind Control Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Gulag Archipelago [Volume 1]: An Experiment in Literary Investigation Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Gaza in Crisis: Reflections on the U.S.-Israeli War on the Palestinians Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Great Reset: And the War for the World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Letter to Liberals: Censorship and COVID: An Attack on Science and American Ideals Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Anarchist Cookbook Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Essential Chomsky Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Humanity Archive: Recovering the Soul of Black History from a Whitewashed American Myth Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Daily Stoic: A Daily Journal On Meditation, Stoicism, Wisdom and Philosophy to Improve Your Life Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Blackout: How Black America Can Make Its Second Escape from the Democrat Plantation Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Disloyal: A Memoir: The True Story of the Former Personal Attorney to President Donald J. Trump Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5American Carnage: On the Front Lines of the Republican Civil War and the Rise of President Trump Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for Changing Minds or Changing Channels?
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
0 ratings0 reviews