Patterns of News Consumption in a High-Choice Media Environment

Based on a Romanian case study, this book sheds light on the supply and demand of news and information in the current digital era, dominated by unprecedented dramatic changes. In addition to identifying patterns of journalistic reporting and news consumption, the book offers a thorough approach to how the classic theories in media and communication studies can be reinterpreted in the current attention economy and media abundance paradigm. The research data included in this book provide a snapshot of media consumption patterns and encompass experts’ views and predictions about how media habits and diets might evolve.

The book will appeal to students, researchers, and scholars of media and communication studies, political communication, and journalism, as well as practitioners interested in a better understanding of news consumption patterns in a high-choice media environment.

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Agenda-Setting: 50 Years of Research.- Chapter 3. New Avenues for Agenda-Setting Research: Network Agenda- Setting, Agenda Melding and Intermedia Agenda-Setting.- Chapter 4. Setting the Agenda During the COVID-19 Pandemic.- Chapter 5. News Consumption Patterns Then and Now. From Traditional Media Repertoires to New Ways of Consuming News.- Chapter 6. News Media Consumption and Key Covariates. Media-Related and Socio-Demographic Factors Influencing Media Diets.- Chapter 7. Information Disorders in the Current Media Environment.- Chapter 8. What’s On the Menu for Today? Consumption Patterns, Threats and Opportunities of the High-Choice Media Environment.- Chapter 9. Patterns of News Consumption in a High-Choice Media Environment.- Chapter 10. Conclusions.