Local News Media and Voter Turnout

被引：17

作者：

Baekgaard, Martin ^{[1
]}

Jensen, Carsten ^{[1
]}

Mortensen, Peter B. ^{[1
]}

Serritzlew, Soren ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Aarhus, Dept Polit Sci, DK-8000 Aarhus, Denmark

来源：

LOCAL GOVERNMENT STUDIES | 2014年 / 40卷 / 04期

关键词：

Voter turnout; media coverage; local democracy; Denmark; Information Model; POLITICAL KNOWLEDGE; VOTING-BEHAVIOR; TELEVISION; SIZE; PARTICIPATION; INFORMATION; DEMOCRACIES; DECISIONS; ELECTIONS;

D O I：

10.1080/03003930.2013.834253

中图分类号：

TU98 [区域规划、城乡规划];

学科分类号：

0814 ; 082803 ; 0833 ;

摘要：

A reasonably high turnout is a quality of a local democracy. In this article, we investigate whether media coverage of politics leads to increased or decreased voter turnout. Based on a unique data set, our analysis shows that local news media coverage has a positive effect on voter turnout, but only if the news media provide politically relevant information to the voters and only at local elections. Both findings are in accordance with the Information Model, which states that rising levels of political relevant information increases the probability of voting.

引用

页码：518 / 532

页数：15

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