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A Critical Review of “Red Media, Blue Media: Evidence of Ideological Selectivity in Media Use”

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A Critical Review of “Red Media, Blue Media: Evidence of Ideological Selectivity in Media Use”

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In this review, the study of “Red Media, Blue Media: Evidence of Ideological Selectivity in Media Use” which was conducted by Iyengar and Hahn (2009) will be critically examined in terms of its content, sampling, and methodology. Throughout the paper, despite several problematic points, it will be underlined that the study focusing on the media use and its relationship with partisanship provides a thorough and updated example that contributes to the new media and political science literature. While arguing that there exists a pattern of selective media exposure based on partisan affinity, where the demand for news varies with the perceived affinity of the news institution to an individual’s political preferences, the authors adequately elaborate their claim and test their hypothesis with a consistent and supportive theoretical framework as well as empirical backing. Using the unordered choice model, the authors consider the overall effects of news labels, evidence of selective exposure in news selection, and the relationship between selectiveness and involved partisanship. To provide better and more coherent analysis, this paper also provides several criticisms. These criticisms include the problematic generalization of media consumers, insufficient justification of sample media selection procedures, ambiguous categorization of the news, no mentioning of the role of media on audiences as well as the absence of other new media types such as social media outputs in the analysis.

Anahtar Kelimeler

red media, blue media, media usage

Kaynakça

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Kaynak Göster

APA
Çetin, R. A. (2019). A Critical Review of “Red Media, Blue Media: Evidence of Ideological Selectivity in Media Use”. Kastamonu İletişim Araştırmaları Dergisi, 2, 119-125. https://izlik.org/JA39GM55NT
AMA
1.Çetin RA. A Critical Review of “Red Media, Blue Media: Evidence of Ideological Selectivity in Media Use”. KİAD. 2019;(2):119-125. https://izlik.org/JA39GM55NT
Chicago
Çetin, Reha Atakan. 2019. “A Critical Review of ‘Red Media, Blue Media: Evidence of Ideological Selectivity in Media Use’”. Kastamonu İletişim Araştırmaları Dergisi, sy 2: 119-25. https://izlik.org/JA39GM55NT.
EndNote
Çetin RA (01 Haziran 2019) A Critical Review of “Red Media, Blue Media: Evidence of Ideological Selectivity in Media Use”. Kastamonu İletişim Araştırmaları Dergisi 2 119–125.
IEEE
[1]R. A. Çetin, “A Critical Review of ‘Red Media, Blue Media: Evidence of Ideological Selectivity in Media Use’”, KİAD, sy 2, ss. 119–125, Haz. 2019, [çevrimiçi]. Erişim adresi: https://izlik.org/JA39GM55NT
ISNAD
Çetin, Reha Atakan. “A Critical Review of ‘Red Media, Blue Media: Evidence of Ideological Selectivity in Media Use’”. Kastamonu İletişim Araştırmaları Dergisi. 2 (01 Haziran 2019): 119-125. https://izlik.org/JA39GM55NT.
JAMA
1.Çetin RA. A Critical Review of “Red Media, Blue Media: Evidence of Ideological Selectivity in Media Use”. KİAD. 2019;:119–125.
MLA
Çetin, Reha Atakan. “A Critical Review of ‘Red Media, Blue Media: Evidence of Ideological Selectivity in Media Use’”. Kastamonu İletişim Araştırmaları Dergisi, sy 2, Haziran 2019, ss. 119-25, https://izlik.org/JA39GM55NT.
Vancouver
1.Reha Atakan Çetin. A Critical Review of “Red Media, Blue Media: Evidence of Ideological Selectivity in Media Use”. KİAD [Internet]. 01 Haziran 2019;(2):119-25. Erişim adresi: https://izlik.org/JA39GM55NT