How mainstream news can reduce partisan hostility.
Smith, G.
(2016).
How mainstream news can reduce partisan hostility.
We know that watching partisan media makes people feel more negative towards political parties that they oppose, but what about the mainstream media? In a study of mainstream news media coverage of the 2008 election, Glen Smith finds that those who watched coverage of the presidential candidate on ABC, CBS, NBC, and PBS news became more positive to the leaders of the party that they opposed.
| Item Type | Online resource |
|---|---|
| Copyright holders | © 2016 The Authors, USApp – American Politics and Policy Blog, The London School of Economics and Political Science. |
| Departments | LSE > Academic Departments > Government > Public Policy Group |
| Date Deposited | 15 Sep 2016 |
| URI | https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/67732 |