THE EFFECT OF SOFT NEWS ON PUBLIC ATTACHMENT TO THE NEWS: Is "infotainment" good for democracy?

Journalism Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 706-717

  Nguyen, A ^a  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

"dumbing down"; "infotainment"; democracy; public affairs; public connection; soft news

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868269735     PISSN: 1461670X     EISSN: 14699699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1461670X.2012.664318     Document Type: Article

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