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Does Public Service TV and the Intensity of the Political Information Environment Matter?
Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Science, Technology and Media, Department of Media and Communication Science. (Demokratiinstitutet Demicom)ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5964-102X
2017 (English)In: Journalism Studies, ISSN 1461-670X, E-ISSN 1469-9699, Vol. 18, no 11, p. 1415-1432Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

In recent years, a number of studies have suggested a positive linkage between public service broad- casting and public knowledge about current affairs. Most studies are, however, based on aggregate, cross-sectional data. On the individual level they fall short of establishing any causal linkage between TV news exposure and public knowledge. In addition, studies which investigate whether the intensity of the political information environment matters for learning effects from watching TV news, are missing. Against this background, this study compares knowledge effects from watch- ing public service and commercial TV news in three contexts that vary in the intensity of the political information environment: a national election campaign, a European parliamentary election cam- paign and a non-election period. Among other things, the results show stronger knowledge effects from watching public service than commercial TV news.

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2017. Vol. 18, no 11, p. 1415-1432
Keywords [en]
election campaigns, knowledge effects, political information environments, political knowledge, public service, television news, European parliament elections
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Media and Communications
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URN: urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-32013DOI: 10.1080/1461670X.2015.1133253ISI: 000414226500005Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84958769074OAI: oai:DiVA.org:miun-32013DiVA, id: diva2:1154750
Available from: 2017-11-03 Created: 2017-11-03 Last updated: 2025-02-07Bibliographically approved

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