Citizens or Consumers? What the Media Tell Us about Political Participation

Abstract

1. Democracy, citizenship and the media -- 2. Meet the public -- 3. How active are citizens in the media? -- 4. Reporting opinion polls -- 5. The vox popull : out of the mouths of babes and citizens -- 6. Talking about the public : inferences about public opinion -- 7. Public opinion in crisis : September 11th and its aftermath -- 8. Getting engaged?