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The contemporary media environment is growing increasingly complex, as technological
change and demographic trends impact the dynamics of media usage, production, and …

Whether at parties, around the dinner table, or at the office, people talk about politics all the
time. Yet while such conversations are a common part of everyday life, political scientists …

This research explores the influence of mass media use and community context on civic
engagement. The article presents a multilevel test of print, broadcast, and Internet effects on …

This article develops and tests a communication infrastructure model of belonging among
dwellers of urban residential environments. The concept of a communication infrastructure …

The purpose of this study is to articulate the concepts and assumptions of communication
infrastructure theory (CIT) in its present stage of development and validation. As an …

Our democracy is on the brink of a crisis, David Mindich argues in Tuned Out. As more and
more young people turn their backs on political news, America is seeing the greatest decline …

This study investigates the ways in which the localized use of social media influences civic
life in local communities. Specifically, the study explores the direct and indirect effects of …

ABSTRACT The Citizen Disaster Communication Assessment (CDCA) measures individual
disaster communication activities that are intended to help communities cope across all …

A decade ago, we contributed a chapter on political communication effects (McLeod,
Kosicki, & McLeod, 1994) to Bryant and Zillman's (1994) collection of essays on media …