The news gap : when the information preferences of the media and the public diverge /

Boczkowski, Pablo J.

The news gap : when the information preferences of the media and the public diverge / by Pablo Javier Boczkowski and Eugenia Mitchelstein. - Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource.

Includes bibliographies and index.

When supply and demand do not meet -- How the content preferences of journalists and consumers diverge: the gap in the United States, Western Europe, and Latin America -- The difference that politics makes: the gap during a presidential election and a national government crisis -- New wine in old bottles: how storytelling matters in the gap between the supply and demand of online news -- Reading what's interesting, sharing what's bizarre or useful, and discussing what's controversial: gaps in various forms of interaction with online news -- The meaning of the gap for media and democracy.



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Online journalism.
Online journalism--Social aspects.
Online journalism--Political aspects.
News audiences.


Electronic Books.

PN4784 / .N497 2013