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Spiral of Cynicism

Joseph N. Cappella

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Description:Why do some citizens vote while others do not? Why does less than half of the American voting public show routinely show up at the polls? Why is it that the vast majority of political issues that affect our day-to-day lives fail to generate either public interest or understanding? Thesequestions have troubled political scientists for decades. Many have long suspected that the media plays an important role in the growth of public cynicism and the decline of voter participation. In Spiral of Cynicism, renowned communication scholar Kathleen Hall Jamieson, and Joseph N. Cappellaprovide the first conclusive evidence to date that it is indeed how the print and broadcast media cover political events and issues that fuels vote non-participation. The media's heavy focus on the game of politics, rather than on its substance, starts the spiral of cynicism that directly causes an erosion of citizen interest, and, ultimately, citizen participation. By observing voters who watched and read different sets of reports--some saturated in strategytalk, others focused on the real issues--the authors show decisive links between the way in which the media covers campaigns' and voters' levels of cynicism and participation. By closely monitoring media coverage among sample audiences for both the recent mayoral race in Philadelphia and thenational health care reform debate, the authors address questions about the effects if issue-based and competitive-based political coverage. Finally, they address the question repeatedly asked by news editors, "Will the public read or watch an alternative media coverage that has more substance?" Theanswer is a clear "yes." A pathbreaking work, Spiral of Cynicism will demand that the media take a close look at how it covers political events and issues, as well as its degree of culpability in current vote dissatisfaction, cynicism, and non-participation. In providing a possible cure to the current spiral ofcynicism, Jamieson and Cappella set the terms of the debate about how politics ought to be covered in the future.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Spiral of Cynicism. To get started finding Spiral of Cynicism, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 344

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Release: 1997

ISBN: hiTuAAAAMAAJ

Description: Why do some citizens vote while others do not? Why does less than half of the American voting public show routinely show up at the polls? Why is it that the vast majority of political issues that affect our day-to-day lives fail to generate either public interest or understanding? Thesequestions have troubled political scientists for decades. Many have long suspected that the media plays an important role in the growth of public cynicism and the decline of voter participation. In Spiral of Cynicism, renowned communication scholar Kathleen Hall Jamieson, and Joseph N. Cappellaprovide the first conclusive evidence to date that it is indeed how the print and broadcast media cover political events and issues that fuels vote non-participation. The media's heavy focus on the game of politics, rather than on its substance, starts the spiral of cynicism that directly causes an erosion of citizen interest, and, ultimately, citizen participation. By observing voters who watched and read different sets of reports--some saturated in strategytalk, others focused on the real issues--the authors show decisive links between the way in which the media covers campaigns' and voters' levels of cynicism and participation. By closely monitoring media coverage among sample audiences for both the recent mayoral race in Philadelphia and thenational health care reform debate, the authors address questions about the effects if issue-based and competitive-based political coverage. Finally, they address the question repeatedly asked by news editors, "Will the public read or watch an alternative media coverage that has more substance?" Theanswer is a clear "yes." A pathbreaking work, Spiral of Cynicism will demand that the media take a close look at how it covers political events and issues, as well as its degree of culpability in current vote dissatisfaction, cynicism, and non-participation. In providing a possible cure to the current spiral ofcynicism, Jamieson and Cappella set the terms of the debate about how politics ought to be covered in the future.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Spiral of Cynicism. To get started finding Spiral of Cynicism, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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