Processing Politics : Learning from Television in the Internet Age.

Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Tables -- 1.1 Primary News Sources for Various Demographic Groups -- 1.2 Adequacy of Media Coverage -- 2.1 Large (15-point) Differences in Knowledge of Politics -- 2.2 Orchestration of a Campaign Advertisement -- 3.1 Complexity of Issue Discussions: Ratio of Simple to Complex Statements -- 3.2 Complexity Levels by Focus Groups -- 3.3 Complexity Levels by Issue Areas -- 4.1 Sample Visual Cues for Common Themes -- 4.2 Visual Information in Foreign Affairs News -- 4.3 Picture Contributions to Verbal Themes in Routine Nonfeature News Stories -- 4.4 Real and Imagined Picture Contribution -- 5.1 Satisfaction with Television Programming, 1998 (1994) -- 5.2 Politically Informative Segments on Typical Nightly National Newscasts, 1997-98 -- 5.3 Hours of Politically Relevant Programming on Weekdays and Weekends -- 6.1 High Public Attentiveness to Major News Stories, 1986-2000 -- 6.2 Low Public Attentiveness to Major News Stories, 1986-2000 -- 6.3 Selective versus Routine News Attention, 1998 -- 6.4 Close Attention to Various News Topics, 2000 -- 6.5 Profile of 10:00 P.M. Network Newscasts in Chicago, 1997 -- 6.6 Nonadvertising Time Distribution in Chicago, 1997 -- 6.7 Journalists' Frames versus Audiences' Frames for Five Stories -- 6.8 News Element Coverage in Broadcast Stories -- 6.9 News Content Attractions in Television, Newspapers, and Magazines -- 6.10 Typical News Sequencing and Breaks -- 7.1 Interest in Technological Innovations by Generation -- 7.2 News Interests by Generation -- 7.3 Changing News Story Emphasis -- 7.4 Emphasis of Prime-Time News Magazine Stories -- A.1 Code Summation Sheet -- Boxes -- Economic Problems as Seen by Black Voters -- Language Complexity in Broadcast News -- An Example of Gestalt Coding -- Preface -- 1. Political Television: Puzzles and Problems.

2. Political Learning: How Our Brains Process Complex Information -- 3. To Know or Not to Know: Questions about Civic Wisdom -- 4. Freeing Audiovisual Technologies from the Gutenberg Legacy -- 5. The Battles over Audiovisual Content -- 6. Making News Selection, Framing, and Formatting More User-Friendly -- 7. Peering into the Crystal Ball: What Does the Future Hold? -- Appendix: Methods -- References -- Index.

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