Deliberative democracy has become the central reference point for democracy theorists over
the last decade or so, influencing normative frameworks and the ways we conceptualize the …

Comparison is one of the most powerful tools used in intellectual inquiry, since an
observation made repeatedly is given more credence than is a single observation. In …

Statistical Methods for Communication Science is the only statistical methods volume
currently available that focuses exclusively on statistics in communication research. Writing …

The main objective of this paper is to examine how openness to cultural diversity is
expressed in the field of cultural consumption. Drawing on qualitative interviews on leisure …

The role of the film marketer is both vital and challenging. Promotion is one of the industry's
biggest costs, with the campaign of a large film costing up to half its production budget. Box …

In this paper, the impact of the Big Five personality factors (extraversion, friendliness,
conscientiousness, emotional stability, and openness) on media preferences (TV programs) …

Using data from a two-wave panel survey among 18 countries worldwide, this study
investigates the individual-and country-level antecedents of the “News Finds Me” perception …

Data from the 2000 Time Use Survey (TUS; n= 1819) are used to analyze the composition of
media repertoires of the Dutch population. Bourdieu's theory of taste would predict that a …

Research on cultural omnivorousness is expanded by examination of cultural participation
and by anchoring omnivorousness alongside other patterns of cultural consumption in a …

This study applies generational cohort theory, as well as uses and gratifications theory, to
investigate the media program preferences of China's Generation X (Gen X) consumers …