POLI 310 Chapter 46: POLI 310 Reading News vs. Entertainment
3 Dec 2015
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News vs. entertainment: how increasing media choice widens gaps in political knowledge and turnout . Public has little contact with the policy making process distances between public and policy matter. Governed and government important aspect in democratic polity. Intermediaries between public and government media (forms that connection) However, participation and political knowledge has been stagnant. Information worsened and participation gaps between those individuals who follow news or who are more interested in entertainment. News media enhances audience polarization towards an opinion they agree on. Selectively/purposively avoid news opinion that challenge their individual"s view. Both are impacting democracy and polarization politics. Less views to challenge these partisan opinions. In a high choice media environment less confronting news. Content preference has become key to understand political learning and participation. Political knowledge has remained constant despite additional sources of information. Media has widen the gap between the knowledgeable and the uninformed. Media choices increase distribution of news exposure has been unequal.
