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Does the Media Matter? Understanding the Impact of Media Coverage on Public Response to Supreme Court Decisions |
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As the major source of policy information for the general public, the media is in a position to potentially influence public opinion on a policy issue through its portrayal of the facts. Such media bias acts, in effect, as an intervening variable between the source of policy and the general public. While many theories establish a role for the media in public opinion formation, few have been directly tested. By employing an experimental design we have constructed a direct test of the influence of media coverage on public perceptions of policy decisions, in this case Supreme Court rulings. We find that, in certain contexts the media coverage does act as an intervening variable in public opinion. Its effects, however are themselves influenced by contextual factors, in particular issue salience. The more salient the issue to an individual, the less likely they are to be influenced by biased media coverage. |
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Name: WESTERN POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION
URL: http://www.csus.edu/ORG/WPSA/
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| Brickman, Danette. and Bragg, Belinda. "Does the Media Matter? Understanding the Impact of Media Coverage on Public Response to Supreme Court Decisions" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the WESTERN POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION, La Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, Mar 08, 2007 <Not Available>. 2008-12-11 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p176281_index.html> |
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| Brickman, D. and Bragg, B. , 2007-03-08 "Does the Media Matter? Understanding the Impact of Media Coverage on Public Response to Supreme Court Decisions" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the WESTERN POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION, La Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada Online <APPLICATION/PDF>. 2008-12-11 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p176281_index.html |
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Abstract: As the major source of policy information for the general public, the media is in a position to potentially influence public opinion on a policy issue through its portrayal of the facts. Such media bias acts, in effect, as an intervening variable between the source of policy and the general public. While many theories establish a role for the media in public opinion formation, few have been directly tested. By employing an experimental design we have constructed a direct test of the influence of media coverage on public perceptions of policy decisions, in this case Supreme Court rulings. We find that, in certain contexts the media coverage does act as an intervening variable in public opinion. Its effects, however are themselves influenced by contextual factors, in particular issue salience. The more salient the issue to an individual, the less likely they are to be influenced by biased media coverage. |
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| Does the Media Matter? Understanding the Impact of Media Coverage on Public Response to Supreme Court Decisions. Danette Brickman Ph.D. John Jay College of Criminal Justice City University of New York Government Department 445 W. 59th Street New York NY 10019 dbrickman@jjay.cuny.edu and Belinda Bragg Ph.D. Rowan University Political Science Department 201 Mullica Hill Road Glassboro NJ 08028 braggb@rowan.edu 1 Abstract As the major source of policy information for the general public the media is in a position to |
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