Media Reflect! Policy, the Public, and the News

IF 5.9 1区社会学 Q1 POLITICAL SCIENCE

American Political Science Review Pub Date : 2023-09-28 DOI:10.1017/s0003055423000874

CHRISTOPHER WLEZIEN, STUART SOROKA

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Abstract

Mass media are often portrayed as having large effects on democratic politics. Media content is not simply an exogenous influence on publics and policymakers, however. There is reason to think that this content reflects publics and politics as much as—if not more than—it affects them. This letter examines those possibilities, focusing on interactions between news coverage, budgetary policy, and public preferences in the defense, welfare, and health-care domains in the United States. Results indicate that media play a largely reflective role. Taking this role into account, we suggest, leads to a fundamentally different perspective on how media content matters in politics.

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媒体反映!政策、公众和新闻

大众传媒经常被描绘成对民主政治有很大影响。然而，媒体内容不仅仅是对公众和决策者的外生影响。有理由认为，这些内容反映了公众和政治，即使不是更多，也不亚于它对他们的影响。这封信考察了这些可能性，重点是新闻报道、预算政策和美国国防、福利和医疗保健领域的公众偏好之间的相互作用。结果表明，媒体在很大程度上起着反映作用。我们认为，考虑到这一角色，就会对媒体内容在政治中的作用产生根本不同的看法。

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American Political Science Review POLITICAL SCIENCE-

CiteScore

9.80

自引率

5.90%

发文量

119

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