Post-Broadcast Democracy: How Media Choice Increases Inequality in Political Involvement and Polarizes Elections
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The impact of the media on politics in the United States during the last half-century.
List of Tables xiList of Figures xiiiAcknowledgments xvIntroduction 1Conditional Political Learning 27The Participatory Effects of Media ChoiceBroadcast Television, Political Knowledge, and Turnout 55Appendix to Chapter 3: Measuring Political Knowledge, Nes 1952-1968 92From Low Choice to High Choice: The Impact of Cable Television and Internet on News Exposure, Political Knowledge, and Turnout 94Appendix to Chapter 4: Description of Knowledge Measures 138From Low Choice to High Choice: Does Greater Media Choice Affect Total News Consumption and Average Turnout? 142The Political Effects of Media ChoiceBroadcast Television, Partisanship, and the Incumbency Advantage 163Partisan Polarization in the High-Choice Media Environment 214Appendix to Chapter 7: Using a Selection Model to Simulate Partisan Vote Strength in the Full Electorate 249Divided by Choice: Audience Fragmentation and Political Inequality in the Post-Broadcast Media Environment 255References 289Index 309
