Book contents
- Real News about the News
- Real News about the News
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Tables
- 1 Massive and Minimal Media Effects
- 2 The News Landscape
- 3 News Diets
- 4 Avoiding, Rejecting, Ignoring and Accepting
- 5 Digital Pessimism
- 6 Newspapers, Voting and Agenda-Setting
- 7 Media Malaise and the Mean World Effect
- 8 Personal Experience as a Reality Check
- 9 Pluralism and Democracy
- 10 Practical Lessons
- Index
10 - Practical Lessons
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 February 2024
Book contents
- Real News about the News
- Real News about the News
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Tables
- 1 Massive and Minimal Media Effects
- 2 The News Landscape
- 3 News Diets
- 4 Avoiding, Rejecting, Ignoring and Accepting
- 5 Digital Pessimism
- 6 Newspapers, Voting and Agenda-Setting
- 7 Media Malaise and the Mean World Effect
- 8 Personal Experience as a Reality Check
- 9 Pluralism and Democracy
- 10 Practical Lessons
- Index
Summary
The final chapter explores the possibility that democracy would be improved if media myths were dispelled. The general population would be less likely to dismiss the beliefs and behaviour of others and try to understand what really drives their attitudes and behaviour. More importantly, political leaders would respond to the general population rather than unelected media moguls and take back control of their own agendas and policies.
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- Real News about the NewsMedia and British Politics, pp. 175 - 186Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024