Thursday 18 April 2019

Towards rising inequalities in newspaper and television news consumption? A longitudinal analysis, 2000–2016

an article by Annika Bergström, Jesper Strömbäck and Sofia Arkhede (University of Gothenburg, Sweden) published in European Journal of Communication Volume 34 Issue 2 (April 2019)

Abstract

The transformation from low- to high-choice media environments has triggered concerns of rising inequalities in news media use.

This concern has been buttressed by research showing that motivational factors have become more important predictors of news media use. Less attention has been paid to how changes in media environments have altered the impact of socioeconomic status on news media use.

Hence, the purpose of this study is to investigate the changing impact of socioeconomic status on newspaper and television news consumption, empirically focusing on Sweden between 2000 and 2016. Among other things, results suggest that the impact of socioeconomic status on news media use has increased with respect to reading morning newspapers but decreased for reading tabloids and watching television news.


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