A Virtuous Circle: Political Communications in Post-Industrial Democracies Pippa Norris M/s in press, publication Fall 2000
Contents Preface List of Tables List of Figures Part I The News Media and Civic Malaise 1 2 3
The News Media and Democracy Evaluating Media Performance Understanding Political Communications
Part II Trends in Political Communications 4 5 6 7 8
The Decline of Newspapers? From Rise (and Fall?) of the Television Age The Emerging Internet Era The Evolution of Campaign Communications The Rise of the Post-Modern Campaign?
Part III The Impact on Democracy 9 10 11 12 13
Negative News, Negative Public? Knows Little? Information and Choice Cares Less? Cynical Media, Cynical Public? Stays Home? Political Mobilization American Exceptionalism?
Conclusions 14
A Virtuous Circle? Technical Appendix Select Bibliography Author Index Subject Index
