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"Video Malaise" Revisited

Public Trust in the Media and Government

University of Cincinnati

Staci L. Rhine

Wittenberg University

Richard S. Flickinger

Wittenberg University

Linda L.M. Bennett

Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Appalachian State University, slbennett{at}fuse.net

This article explores the "video-malaise" thesis, which asserts that a combination of negative political coverage by the press and exposure to the media lead to political cynicism at the grass roots. Data from the 1996 National Election Study and a 1997 Pew Research Center poll show that the traditional video-malaise notion needs to be revised. Jaundiced views of government and of the media co-vary, raising the possibility that the public views both government and the media in the same vein.

The International Journal of Press/Politics, Vol. 4, No. 4, 8-23 (1999)
DOI: 10.1177/1081180X9900400402


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