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

被引：22

作者：

An Nguyen ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Bournemouth Univ, Media Sch, Poole BH12 5BB, Dorset, England

来源：

JOURNALISM STUDIES | 2012年 / 13卷 / 5-6期

关键词：

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

D O I：

10.1080/1461670X.2012.664318

中图分类号：

G2 [信息与知识传播];

学科分类号：

05 ; 0503 ;

摘要：

Data from a national Australian survey provide little evidence of a significant effect for the taste for soft news on news attachment among the general public as well as the six common sex-by-age targeted market segments of the news industry. This contradicts recent arguments that soft news is necessary to democratic life because, in an age of media proliferation and audience fragmentation, it keeps attention-scarce people with the news.

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页码：706 / 717

页数：12

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