Media use and perceptions of citizen activities : the role of the media in socializing active democratic citizens /
"A necessary step in diagnosing the cause of inactive citizens is to examine how individuals are being shown or taught they should act as citizens, that is, it should be determined how citizens are being socialized politically. This research focuses on one source of political socialization - t...
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| Format: | Book Chapter |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | "A necessary step in diagnosing the cause of inactive citizens is to examine how individuals are being shown or taught they should act as citizens, that is, it should be determined how citizens are being socialized politically. This research focuses on one source of political socialization - the mass media - and attempts to identify what the media is teaching individuals about what it means to be a citizen and what impact these lessons are having on individual perceptions of normative citizen activities." |
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| Item Description: | A paper presented to the Mass Communication and Society Division of the AEJMC (Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication), Chicago, IL, 2008. |
| Physical Description: | 36 pages ; 28 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 23-27). |