dc.contributor.author | Andrews, Benjamin D. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-08-28T11:15:40Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-08-28T11:15:40Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020-08-28T11:15:40Z | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/79743 | |
dc.description.abstract | Voter turnout, a key marker of democratic health, varies significantly between Canadian municipalities (Breux, Couture & Koop, 2017; Nakhaie, 2006). Few studies have examined municipal turnout in Canada, but those that have (e.g., Breux et al., 2017; Cutler & Matthews, 2005) overlook the role of local media. This quantitative, cross-sectional study fills a gap in the literature by determining the impact of local newspaper health on turnout in a unique dataset of 233 populous Canadian municipalities. This study focuses on print newspapers over other local media, as they are at high risk of closure (Lindgren, Corbet & Hodson, 2017) despite being primary producers of “watchdog” or accountability journalism (Nielsen, 2015). In an OLS multivariate linear regression, this study finds a significant positive correlation between turnout and (1) the total number of newspapers per municipal population and (2) the publication frequency of the largest newspaper in a municipality. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.subject | local newspapers | en_US |
dc.subject | municipal politics | en_US |
dc.title | Does Democracy Die in Darkness? An Examination of the Relationship between Local Newspaper Health and Municipal Politics | en_US |
dc.date.defence | 2020-08-18 | |
dc.contributor.department | Department of Political Science | en_US |
dc.contributor.degree | Master of Arts | en_US |
dc.contributor.external-examiner | Dr. Kiran Banerjee | en_US |
dc.contributor.graduate-coordinator | Dr. Katherine Fierlbeck | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-reader | Dr. Louise Carbert | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisor | Dr. Scott Pruysers | en_US |
dc.contributor.ethics-approval | Not Applicable | en_US |
dc.contributor.manuscripts | No | en_US |
dc.contributor.copyright-release | Not Applicable | en_US |