The news gap : when the information preferences of the media and the public diverge /
by Pablo Javier Boczkowski and Eugenia Mitchelstein.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-300) and index.
When supply and demand do not meet -- How the content preferences of journalists and consumers diverge: the gap in the United States, Western Europe, and Latin America -- The difference that politics makes: the gap during a presidential election and a national government crisis -- New wine in old bottles: how storytelling matters in the gap between the supply and demand of online news -- Reading what's interesting, sharing what's bizarre or useful, and discussing what's controversial: gaps in various forms of interaction with online news -- The meaning of the gap for media and democracy.
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The sites of major media organizations provide the public with much of the online news they consume. But although a large proportion of the top stories these sites disseminate cover politics, international relations, and economics, users of these sites show a preference for news about sports, crime, entertainment, and weather. In this book, Pablo Boczkowski and Eugenia Mitchelstein examine this gap and consider the implications for the media industry and democratic life in the digital age.