Effects of the News Media Environment on Citizen Knowledge of State Politics and Government

4Michael X. Delli Carpini is assistant professor of political science at Barnard College, Columbia University; Scott Keeter is associate professor of political science and J. David Kennamer is associate professor of mass communications at Virginia Commonwealth University. Keeter and Kennamer also are affiliated with the Survey Research Laboratory at Virginia Commonwealth University. Authorship is equal; names are listed alphabetically. Grants from Virginia Commonwealth University and Barnard College provided partial support for the surveys reported here. The authors also thank Neil Henry, June Nicholson, David Smith, and the VCU Survey Research Laboratory staff.