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Publication details [#66953]

Jenssen, Anders Todal and Toril Aalberg. 2019. Why perceived political bias on TV does not inevitably lead to a polarized audience. The case of NRK and TV2 in Norway. Communications 44 (4) : 382–406.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Place, Publisher
De Gruyter

Annotation

Despite widespread perceptions of partisan favoritism in the Norwegian TV market, this study find few traces of a politically polarized audience. The main reason for this is that the public broadcaster still draws a wide audience across the political spectrum, as even critics consider this news source as too important and relevant to be ignored.