The influence of news media on audience cognitions, attitudes, and behaviors in the realm
of politics, race relations, science, and health has been extensively documented (Finnegan …

In contrast to most previous scholarship that has examined political communication gaps
within developed polities, this study examines the role of such gaps in a developing …

Using a community structure approach linking city characteristics and variations in media
coverage, the authors examined newspaper coverage of physician-assisted suicide. A …

Using a community structure approach exploring links between city characteristics and
coverage frames, this systematic national cross-section sample of 19 US newspapers …

This book is the first collection of original research to explore links between demographics
and media coverage of emerging human rights issues. It covers cross-national reporting on …

Focusing on concepts of pluralism and diversity, in this study we use a national sample of
urban community newspapers to examine relations between community characteristics and …

Any annotated bibliography on community structure scholarship must pay homage to an
early US founder of both sociology and communication studies disciplines, the University of …

The “Occupy Wall Street”(OWS) movement has galvanized attention in the United States
ever since it burst onto media, policy, and public agendas in fall, 2011. Although experts …

A community structure analysis compared cross-national coverage of genetically modified
organisms (GMOs) with variations in national-level demographics from 19 newspapers …

For centuries, democracy and development have steered the imagination of governments,
citizens, intelligentsia and policymakers alike. Democracy without free media is a …