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.

Info autore

Matthew Levendusky is professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania, where he also holds the Stephen and Mary Baran Chair in the Institutions of Democracy at the Annenberg Public Policy Center. His books include The Partisan Sort and How Partisan Media Polarize America. He is also the coauthor of We Need to Talk (with Dominik Stecula) and Democracy Amid Crises (Annenberg IOD Collaborative).

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Matthew Levendusky, Levendusky Matthew, Matthew Levendusky
• Editore: University Of Chicago Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 03.09.2013
• EAN: 9780226069012
• ISBN: 978-0-226-06901-2
• Pagine: 208
• Serie: Chicago Studies in American Politics; Chicago Studies in American Politics; Chicago Studies in American Po; Chicago Studies in American Politics (CHUP)
• Categorie: Saggistica > Politica, società, economia > Società; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Media, comunicazione > Mediologia; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, United States of America, USA, Political control and freedoms, Political Control & Freedoms