The partisan and ideological polarization of American politics since the 1970s appears to
have affected pubic opinion in striking ways. The American public has become increasingly …

The great thinkers who influenced the contemporary field of political communication were
preoccupied with understanding the political, social, psychological, and economic …

Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Joseph Cappella-two of the nation's foremost experts on
politics and media-offers a searching analysis of the conservative media establishment, from …

Public opinion polarization is here conceived as a process of alignment along multiple lines
of potential disagreement and measured as growing constraint in individuals' preferences …

Democracy is not a sure thing. Governments and party systems often strain against changes
in societies, and some fall prey to corruption and bad policies. Under the right conditions …

This chapter first traces dominant narratives on private and public opinion, beginning with an
overview of the public sphere, examining models that oppose or supplement the public …

" Professor Gastil has been a leading voice in the deliberative democracy movement for the
last 15 years, and with this book he has created a wonderful resource that adeptly captures …

In this paper, the relationships between theories of (new) citizenship and (new) journalism
are explored. The meaning of citizenship has changed in the last few decades. People still …

In The Citizen Audience, Richard Butsch explores the cultural and political history of
audiences in the United States from the nineteenth century to the present. He demonstrates …

Governments these days often boast about the efficiency of their electronic systems.
Information communication technologies (ICTs) apparently allow public service to become …