Infotainment, cynicism and democracy: The effects of privatization vs personalization in the news

European Journal of Communication

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 105-121

  Jebril, Nael ^a   Albæk, Erik ^b   de Vreese, Claes H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Audience research; content analysis; effects; journalism; political communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876155231     PISSN: 02673231     EISSN: 14603705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0267323112468683     Document Type: Article

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