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Local News and Political Communication in the Internet Age
Local News and Political Communication in the Internet Age
Local News and Political Communication in the Internet Age

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자료유형  
 학위논문 서양
최종처리일시  
20260202104758
ISBN  
9798293887286
DDC  
320
저자명  
McGrath, David.
서명/저자  
Local News and Political Communication in the Internet Age
발행사항  
[Sl] : New York University, 2025
발행사항  
Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2025
형태사항  
164 p
주기사항  
Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 87-03, Section: A.
주기사항  
Advisor: Egan, Patrick.
학위논문주기  
Thesis (Ph.D.)--New York University, 2025.
초록/해제  
요약This dissertation explores how the internet has changed the political content that voters consume, both in the form of news and communication directly from politicians. The unifying theme of the three chapters is that the production of political media and content is governed by a set of economic incentives that the internet has significantly changed. Whether it is politicians communicating directly to voters through social media and seeking small-dollar donations, or local newspapers suddenly facing much greater competition for readers, the internet has created incentives for the content voters consume to be much more negative and polarizing. Through modern natural language processing techniques, this dissertation tests how these incentives affect the actual language and stories that politicians and news outlets use/cover, and connects these findings to broader trends in American politics in the 21st century. Chapter 1 examines when and why politicians engage in incivility on social media. Based on long-standing findings on negativity bias and the specific quirks of the X (formerly Twitter) algorithm, politicians receive more attention when making uncivil posts than normal, civil posts. During the 2022 midterm elections, I found that Congressional candidates running for office were more likely to make uncivil posts if they were male, in safe seats, or Republican. Additionally, this proved to be a successful fundraising tactic as candidates received more online donations on days when they made uncivil posts. Chapters 2 and 3 shift focus to local newspapers during the period of broadband internet expansion in the early 2000s. Broadband internet gave local newspaper readers sudden access to higher-quality print coverage of national news. Historically, high competition in the news market has been associated with the days of the partisan and penny press, when partisan bias and sensationalism were commonplace compared to the mid-20th-century norms of objective, nonpartisan news. In chapter 2, I find that broadband led to an increase in the volume of local news coverage, particularly in the newspapers with the fewest reporting resources, but not a significant increase in negativity, suggesting resilience in the norms of non-sensationalism. In chapter 3, I examine partisan bias in national news coverage and find that local newspapers became less biased in favor of the majority party in their market, again showing the resilience of journalistic norms. Overall, this dissertation identifies that the internet has shaped how politicians and news outlets communicate with voters and cover the news since its beginning. Content produced and distributed online or on social media platforms does appear to be more polarizing for voters; however, it was not until the internet became the central medium for political news and communication in the 2010s that this had substantial implications for mass polarization.
일반주제명  
Political science
일반주제명  
Web studies
일반주제명  
Film studies
키워드  
Internet
키워드  
Local news
키워드  
Media
키워드  
Partisan
키워드  
Polarization
키워드  
Politicians
기타저자  
New York University Politics
기본자료저록  
Dissertations Abstracts International. 87-03A.
전자적 위치 및 접속  
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