High-quality news is important, not only for its own sake but also for its political implications.
However, defining, operationalizing, and measuring news media quality is difficult, because …

Over the past decade, scholars have turned their attention to the study of entertainment
media and politics. Unfortunately, lacking any established criteria by which to evaluate …

This article proposes a general theory of persuasive message effects based on four sets of
arguments. The first set commits to theorizing that focuses on specifying causal order and …

This study examined political television dramas with lead female characters, proposing a
model that links viewing of these shows with political engagement. A survey revealed that …

Satire represents a form of public discourse that invites critical judgment of some
sociopolitical folly, absurdity, or contradiction. Through devices like exaggeration, irony, and …

Through the connection of deliberative democracy and entertainment theory this article
proposes a normatively grounded basis for research on political (entertainment) media. With …

Satirical news presents a critique of current affairs through humor. Previous research
suggests that satirical news can have different humor forms (eg linguistic strategies) and …

Political satire is often consumed on online platforms (eg YouTube) and the effects of its
consumption may be highly conditional on the user comments that are surrounding it. By …

While social networking sites (SNSs) have become popular news platforms where people
receive and post news, little is known about why some people are relatively more active in …

Die demokratietheoretisch begründete Vielfaltssicherung über das
Medienkonzentrationsrecht beruht auf der Annahme, dass eine ausreichend hohe …