Document Type
Post-Print
Publication Date
Winter 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.
DOI
10.1177/107769900908600406
Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/10980
Citation Details
Shaker, Lee, "Citizens’ Local Political Knowledge and the Role of Media Access" (2009). Communication Faculty Publications and Presentations. 18.
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/10980
Included in
Communication Technology and New Media Commons, Mass Communication Commons, Social Media Commons
Description
This is an Author's Original Manuscript of an article whose final and definitive form, the Version of Record, has been published in the Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly (2009). Vol. 86 Issue 4. The article is available online at: http://jmq.sagepub.com/