Journalism and Political Exclusion: Social Conditions of News Production and Reception

Provides A Multi-method, Integrated Analysis Of News Production And News Audiences, Including A Long-term Study Of Community Activists In A Central Canadian City. During The Seven-year Fieldwork Period, Different Groups Of Research Participants Completed Questionnaires, Wrote News Diaries, And Were Interviewed In Their Homes While Viewing Network Television Newscasts. Clarke Shows That Frustrations With The Informational Limitations Of Television And Other News Media Are Accelerated Among Women And Working-class News Users Who Are Often Without Opportunities To Access Alternative Information Sources.--publisher Description. News, News Publics, And Non-publics -- Changes And Continuities In The Conditions Of News Production -- The Process Of News Reception -- Social Conditions Of Reception: Commercialization, Convergence, And Content -- Social Conditions Of Reception: Class, Gender, And Other Social Divisions -- Journalism, Information Poverty, And Political Exclusion -- Appendices : Methodologicl Notes -- Questionnaire -- News Diary Format. Debra M. Clarke. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 305-347) And Index. Issued Also In Electronic Format.