{"title":"Media effects on perceptions of societal problems: Belief formation in fragmented media environments","authors":"A. Shehata","doi":"10.4324/9780429284571-28","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The news media are typically considered vital for understanding public opinion formation in democratic societies. Through various media, people learn about issues, events and actors beyond their personal and everyday experiences – with potentially significant implications for citizens’ understanding of politics, attitudes and voting behavior. Dating back to the early writings of American journalist Walter Lippmann (1922)","PeriodicalId":375937,"journal":{"name":"The Routledge Companion to Political Journalism","volume":"94 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2021-10-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The Routledge Companion to Political Journalism","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429284571-28","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The news media are typically considered vital for understanding public opinion formation in democratic societies. Through various media, people learn about issues, events and actors beyond their personal and everyday experiences – with potentially significant implications for citizens’ understanding of politics, attitudes and voting behavior. Dating back to the early writings of American journalist Walter Lippmann (1922)