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Scott Althaus Trautman, Todd Charles 2015-09-28T16:04:57Z 2015-09-28T16:04:57Z 10000-01-01 2007 2007 A large body of literature exists that seeks to understand how individuals use and are affected by various types of mass media. This research is limited by its focus on national broadcast news programs and national newspapers in the United States with comparatively less attention directed toward local television news. This drawback becomes more significant given that national surveys routinely find larger audiences for local than national news. This presents the results of a content analysis of local television news programming. Next combining individual level survey data from National Election Studies and voting records from the Record of American Democracy project, the study explores the relationships among political information, political participation, and the incumbency advantage. The study demonstrates that individuals living in media markets where the geographical boundaries of the media market are more congruent with the geographical boundaries of the United States Congressional District are more likely to have more knowledge of their Representatives, have higher levels of political participation, and incumbents have lower reelection rates. Made available in DSpace on 2015-09-28T16:04:57Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license.txt: 4848 bytes, checksum: 96035ab3f5e1c23cc7138a224ce498bd (MD5) 3301263.pdf: 3934286 bytes, checksum: ecf9e804163211291e04bc78eca8c787 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007 Embargo set by: Seth Robbins for item 88819 Lift date: Forever Reason: Restricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETDs Restricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETDs U of I Only 188 p. Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/87538 (MiAaPQ)AAI3301263 eng Mass Communications Local Television News, Political Participation and Political Knowledge text Speech Communication Speech Communication University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dissertation Ph.D.