Indicates that those Venezuelans with a higher socioeconomic status (SES) are more likely to attend to the information- and entertainment-oriented content in the mass media and to identify a larger number of problem areas in their region and country. Also points out that the greater the exposure to newspaper content, the greater the nominal agenda…

Shows how different kinds of involvement measures can add to the ability both to explain differences between people's knowledge of election information and to investigate whether the way that knowledge is measured affects conclusions about involvement with television and newspapers. (MS)

Analyzes causal relationships among newspaper coverage of community issues, public concerns about them, and evaluations of related government services. Shows that amount of newspaper coverage was related to higher levels of concern about community issues and poorer evaluations of government services. Indicates (through time-series analysis) a…

Builds on multidisciplinary research on framing, motivation, and decision making to examine the relationships among media frames, individual interpretations of issues, and voter decision making. Shows how two groups, evangelical Christians and undergraduates, responded to simulated newspaper articles on election candidates. Finds that media frames…