I media sono lo spazio dove oggi si decide la lotta politica fra attori, idee e interessi
contrapposti. Se le élite politiche cercano di imporre i propri modelli interpretativi sugli eventi …

Elites in the US have become increasingly polarized over the past several decades. More
recently, the degree to which partisans view the opposing party more negatively than their …

This article considers whethersensational'news stories are intrinsically more likely to elicit
emotional responses in audiences than other TV news stories. The research analyses a …

In Public Opinion: Democratic Ideals, Democratic Practice, Fourth Edition, Clawson and
Oxley link the enduring normative questions of democratic theory to existing empirical …

As political trust levels continue to decline while levels of partisan polarization increase, we
contend that more research is needed to explore the interaction between these two central …

Through the use of experimental methods, this study examines the claim that strategic news
engenders political cynicism. First, it builds upon previous theory by conceptualizing and …

We argue that citizens' trust attitudes are inversely related to party polarization because
polarization tends to encourage political conflict, which most people dislike. We further posit …

This article provides a new perspective on why the quantity and tone of media coverage vary
between groups of politicians. The analysis makes three key distinctions: first, between the …

This chapter reviews the scholarly literature on how social media have changed the way the
news media cover scandal–particularly sexual scandals–and how the news audience …

From the 'Day of Anger'on the streets of Paris to violent protests in Ukraine to Americans
opposed to National Security Agency spying, people around the world in 2014 readily …