How Partisan Media Polarize America

Drawing on experiments and survey data, this title shows that Americans who watch partisan programming do become more certain of their beliefs and less willing to weigh the merits of opposing views or to compromise.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Matthew Levendusky is assistant professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania and the author of "The Partisan Sort: How Liberals Became Democrats and Conservatives Became Republicans," also published by the University of Chicago Press. He lives in Philadelphia.

Zusammenfassung

Drawing on experiments and survey data, this title shows that Americans who watch partisan programming do become more certain of their beliefs and less willing to weigh the merits of opposing views or to compromise.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Matthew Levendusky, Levendusky Matthew
• Verlag: University Of Chicago Press
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erscheinungsdatum: 05.09.2013
• Thema: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Medien, Kommunikation > Medienwissenschaft
• EAN: 9780226068961
• ISBN: 978-0-226-06896-1
• Anzahl Seiten: 208
• Serie: Chicago Studies in American Politics; Chicago Studies in American Politics; Chicago Studies in American Politics (CHUP)
• Themen: USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, United States of America, USA, Political control and freedoms, Political Control & Freedoms