Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ306613
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1984
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News Context and the Elimination of Mobilizing Information: An Experiment.
Lemert, James B.
Journalism Quarterly, v61 n2 p243-49,59 Sum 1984
Defines mobilizing information (MI) as any information that allows people to act on the attitudes and desires they already have. Concludes that MI is missing in news of political controversy at least in part because journalists decided to withhold it. (FL)
Descriptors: Information Sources, Mass Media Effects, Media Research, News Media, News Reporting, Politics
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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