what the media tell us about political participation /
Justin Lewis, Sanna Inthorn and Karin Wahl-Jorgensen.
New York :
Open University Press,
2005.
x, 158 pages ;
24 cm
Issues in cultural and media studies
Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-152) and index.
1. Democracy, citizenship and the media -- 2. Meet the public -- 3. How active are citizens in the media? -- 4. Reporting opinion polls -- 5. The vox popull : out of the mouths of babes and citizens -- 6. Talking about the public : inferences about public opinion -- 7. Public opinion in crisis : September 11th and its aftermath -- 8. Getting engaged?
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"Based on the largest study to date of media coverage of public opinion and citizenship in Britain and the United States, this book advocates a notion of democracy that values and depends upon active and engaged forms of citizenship."--Jacket.