POL-UA 300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Content Analysis
30 Oct 2017
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Interest groups offer incentives to overcome free-riding problems. The media influences how americans understand politics through what is presented and how. Primed to think about pedestrian safety because it got a lot of coverage. Media coverage makes people think about some issues rather than others. Media influences how we interpret specific issues. Ex: pedestrian injury and death in the city may exaggerate our sense of threat which would promote us to support increased police action or tougher sanctions. Priming may cause us to ignore certain issues. Framing effects may bias our thinking about politicians or issues. First amendment allows us to learn more about public issues. Electoral competitiveness and size of news outlet - news about house races - political engagement. Larger papers devote less coverage to any one"s district race because they serve many districts. Content analysis of newspaper coverage of 2010 house races. Bias in cable news: real effects and polarization.
