Troubled closeness or satisfied distance? Researching media consumption and public orientation

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ID11267924
AuthorsN Couldry (0000-0001-8233-3287, Goldsmiths College, University of London,, corresponding author), Tim Markham (0000-0002-7304-2610, Birkbeck College, University of London,)
Year2008
Volume30
Issue1
Pages5-21
Publication date2008-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueMedia Culture & Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0163-4437 • E-ISSN: 1460-3675
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0163443707084347
OpenAlexW2032920254
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited10

4 Our examples here are men over 50 (whereas all the diarists linked with a celebrity-related connection to media were women under 40), so age and gender probably intersect as causal factors. 5The disengagement scale was constructed from nine variables (1 = strongly disagree, 5 = strongly agree): 'You don't like to discuss politics with other people', 'You don't get involved in political protests', 'There's no point in watching the news, because it deals with things you can do nothing about', 'Politics has little connection with your life', 'It doesn't really matter which party is in power, in the end things go on pretty much the same', 'Sometimes politics seems so complicated that you can't really understand what's going on', 'You often feel that there's too much media, so you need to switch off', 'People like us have no say in what the government does', 'Sometimes you feel strongly about an issue, but you don't know what to do about it

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