Published In
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly
Document Type
Post-Print
Publication Date
12-2009
Subjects
Local mass media, Mass media--Influence, Mass media -- Political aspects
Abstract
Locally based media institutions that have been at the core of citizens' media environments for generations are facing an onslaught of new competition from new media. The twin goals of this article are to expand our understanding of the distribution of local political knowledge in general and to specifically examine the relevance of media access. The article suggests that media access does bear upon levels of local political knowledge and confirms that citizens who are knowledgeable about local politics do not mirror the profile of those who are knowledgeable about national politics.
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Copyright 2010 AEJMC
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DOI
10.1177/107769900908600406
Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/10980
Citation Details
Published as: Shaker, L. (2009). Citizens’ Local Political Knowledge and the Role of Media Access. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 86(4), 809–826.
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Communication Technology and New Media Commons, Mass Communication Commons, Social Media Commons
Description
NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly Vol. 86 Issue 4.