Elements of an Echo Chamber: Partisanship and Previous Exposure as Moderators of 'Last Week Tonight's' Media Effects

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dc.contributor.advisorCamaj, Lindita
dc.contributor.committeeMemberHellmueller, Lea
dc.contributor.committeeMemberCutbirth, Joe H.
dc.creatorScott, Samuel Truett
dc.creator.orcid0000-0003-3304-4942
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-24T19:30:14Z
dc.date.available2019-06-24T19:30:14Z
dc.date.createdDecember 2018
dc.date.issued2018-12
dc.date.submittedDecember 2018
dc.date.updated2019-06-24T19:30:14Z
dc.description.abstractThe 2016 presidential election cast light on political polarization in the United States. Generally, the discussion regarding polarization in communication scholarship is concerned with selective exposure to partisan media and its effects. The prospect of political ‘echo chambers’ that result worries communication scholars our polarized media is detrimental to democratic discourse. One example of partisan programming is Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (LWT), an acclaimed political comedy program that critiques and comments on contemporary politics with a ‘liberal’ slant. Influenced by the Reinforcing Spirals Framework, the present study finds Democrats are more likely to agree with John Oliver on net neutrality issues, but only if the participants were exposed to John Oliver’s video clip on net neutrality. Similarly, previous exposure to LWT was associated with higher intentions to participate for those exposed to the clip. The results shed light on the process of political polarization in the United States.
dc.description.departmentCommunication, Jack J. Valenti School of
dc.format.digitalOriginborn digital
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10657/4072
dc.language.isoeng
dc.rightsThe author of this work is the copyright owner. UH Libraries and the Texas Digital Library have their permission to store and provide access to this work. Further transmission, reproduction, or presentation of this work is prohibited except with permission of the author(s).
dc.subjectPolitical comedy
dc.subjectPolitics
dc.subjectEcho chambers
dc.subjectEcho chamber effect
dc.subjectLast Week Tonight
dc.subjectPolitical polarization
dc.titleElements of an Echo Chamber: Partisanship and Previous Exposure as Moderators of 'Last Week Tonight's' Media Effects
dc.type.dcmiText
dc.type.genreThesis
thesis.degree.collegeCollege of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
thesis.degree.departmentCommunication, Jack J. Valenti School of
thesis.degree.disciplineCommunication
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Houston
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts

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