1st Edition
Political News Avoidance, Selective Exposure, and Misinformation Information Threats and Opportunities in Contemporary Digital Democracies
Acknowledgements
List of Contributors
List of Figures
List of Tables
Introduction: Understanding the Transformation of Democratic Political Information Environments and the Consequences
James Stanyer, David Nicolas Hopmann, and Agnieszka Stępińska
Chapter 1: Political Information Environments in Flux: A Cross-National Multi-Method Research Approach
David Nicolas Hopmann, Isabella Glogger, James Stanyer, and Agnieszka Stępińska
Chapter 2: Selective Exposure to Political News: A Threat to Democracy in Today’s Digital World?
Agnieszka Stępińska, Patrick van Erkel, Alberto Martinez-Serra, and Ana S. Cardenal
Chapter 3: News Avoidance: A Threat to Democracy in Today’s Digital World?
Isabella Glogger, Agnieszka Stępińska, Christine Meltzer, and Luisa Gehle
Chapter 4. Dis- and Misinformation: a threat to democracy in today’s digital world?
Luisa Gehle, Patrick van Erkel, Denis Halagiera, Nicoleta Corbu, and Alberto Martinez-Serra
Chapter 5. The Threats and Realities of a Changing Political Information Environment: Taking Stock of the Findings and Exploring Potential Remedies
James Stanyer, Christine Meltzer, Isabella Glogger, and David Nicolas Hopmann
Index
Biography
James Stanyer is Professor of Communication and Media Analysis at the Department of Communication and Media, Loughborough University, UK, and Director of Loughborough’s Centre for Research in Communication and Culture.
David Nicolas Hopmann is Professor of Political Communication at the Centre for Journalism and the Digital Democracy, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark.
Agnieszka Stępińska is a Professor at the Faculty of Political Science and Journalism at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland.
