Media Roles and Legislators' New Media Use.

Riffe, Daniel

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Publication Date: 1990

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Media Roles and Legislators' New Media Use.

Riffe, Daniel

Journalism Quarterly, v67 n2 p323-29 Sum 1990

Surveys 82 Alabama legislators and finds officials' views of the press as adversary or agent of consensus relates to perceived value of media for job-relevant information. Suggests a dysfunction of the "watch-dog" role because those believing the consensus model found the press more useful than those seeing the press as an adversary. (MG)

Descriptors: Information Sources, Legislators, Mass Media Effects, Mass Media Role, Mass Media Use, Media Research, News Media, News Reporting, Surveys

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Alabama

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