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By Jay G. Blumler

Jay G. Blumler is Emeritus Professor of the Social and Political Aspects of Broadcasting at the University of Leeds, England, and Emeritus Professor of Journalism at the University of Maryland

Address correspondence to Jay G. Blumler, 31 Blackwood Rise, Leeds LS16 7BG, United Kingdom

Dennis Kavanagh is Professor of Politics at the University of Liverpool, England.

Source: Political Communication, Jul-Sep99, Vol. 16 Issue 3, p209, 22p.