Home Style Opinion

Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-1-108-94809-8
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 75 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 150 g

Reihe: Elements in Politics and Communication

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Darr, Joshua P.

Hitt, Matthew P.

Dunaway, Johanna L.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. What we did on our summer vacation; 2. Why local newspapers matter; 3. How the opinion page changed; 4. Polarization cools off in the desert; 5. The future of the opinion page; 6. References.