Newspaper and television dependencies: Effects on evaluations of public officials

A Virtuous Circle? The Impact of Political Communications in Post-Industrial Democracies

“…Many others echoed these claims over the years 12 . According to Samuel Huntington, in a widely influential report for the Trilateral Commission, the news media had eroded respect for government authority in many postindustrial societies, contributing towards a widespread 'crisis' of democracy evident on the streets of Washington DC, Paris and Tokyo 13 .…”

Political Efficacy on the Internet: A Media System Dependency Approach

“…Previous research has found that media dependency is associated with credibility (Becker, 1978;Colman, 1990), as well as with the related construct of trust in media (Jackob, 2010). Similarly, this work suggests that:…”

"Video Malaise" Revisited

“…Writers have explored video malaise or &dquo;media malaise&dquo; many times (see, e.g., Becker and Whitney 1980;Becker et al 1979;Cappella and Jamieson 1997;Chan 1997;Fallows 1996;Kerbel 1995;Lichter and Noyes 1996;McLeod et al 1977;A.H. Miller et al 1979;Norris 1996Norris , 1999aPatterson 1993;Ranney 1983;Sabato 1993;Zukin 1981 ).¢ As Stanley Rothman puts it, &dquo;Public cynicism ... [is] growing in the United States and, in so far as journalists have played a role in this growth, they ... contribute to the erosion of the very cultural elements which created a free society&dquo; (1996:62).…”