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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Newspaper Readership"”.
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Who Votes? An Exploration of the Factors Influencing Turnout Propensity in Fingal County
… of political issues, interest in politics, newspaper readership and feelings of civic duty all influence turnout propensity with many of these factors being interrelated. In addition, there were found to be numerous place variations in relation to the strength of each of the influential …
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Using the Local News: Campaigns, Newspapers, and Accountability
The steep decline of local newspapers in recent years represents a major shift in the media environment that may be detrimental to political accountability and knowledge. I argue that despite these seismic changes in the marketplace for news, local newspapers remain critical to American politics. …
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The Widening Information Gap between High and Low Education Groups: Knowledge Acquisition from Online vs. Print News
… to traditional print versus online news formats. Newspaper readership is declining and simultaneously the number of online news users is growing. In democratic societies the ability of new media formats to deliver cognitively accessible information to all citizens is indeed a pressing issue. This …
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Sense of community, political participation, and civic engagement: An examination of the relationships between local daily newspapers, news websites, and their communities
Newspapers have been shown to have positive correlations with their readers, sense of community, political participation, and civic engagement. Using McMillan and Chavis, Sense of Community Theory and its accompanying SCI-2 as well as questions on demographics and media use, political …