Home Style Opinion : How Local Newspapers Can Slow Polarization Paperback / softback
by Joshua P. (Louisiana State University) Darr, Matthew P. (Colorado State University) Hitt, Johanna L. (Texas A & M University) Dunaway
Part of the Elements in Politics and Communication series
Paperback / softback
Description
Local newspapers can hold back the rising tide of political division in America by turning away from the partisan battles in Washington and focusing their opinion page on local issues.
When a local newspaper in California dropped national politics from its opinion page, the resulting space filled with local writers and issues.
We use a pre-registered analysis plan to show that after this quasi-experiment, politically engaged people did not feel as far apart from members of the opposing party, compared to those in a similar community whose newspaper did not change.
While it may not cure all of the imbalances and inequities in opinion journalism, an opinion page that ignores national politics could help local newspapers push back against political polarization.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:75 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:29/04/2021
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- ISBN:9781108948098
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:75 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:29/04/2021
- Category:
- ISBN:9781108948098
