This book examines print and electronic media in the United States of America, Europe, and China. Electronic communication affects daily life worldwide. Theoretical and empirical studies explore our increasingly media-centric world. This book studies how media (print, broadcasting, Internet) affects political socialization.

Christ’l De Landtsheer, Professor of Communications Science, University of Antwerp (Belgium). Russell F. Farnen, Professor emeritus of Political Science, University of Connecticut (USA). Daniel B. German, Professor emeritus of Political Science, Appalachian State University (USA). Henk Dekker, Professor of Political Socialization and Integration, Leiden University (Netherlands). Heinz Sünker, Professor of Social Pedagogy and Social Policy, University of Wuppertal (Germany). Song Yingfa, Associate Professor, Director, Institute of Higher Education, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou (China). Miao Hongna, Assistant Professor of Political Science, School of Government, Nanjing University, Nanjing (China).

Contents: Political Socialization Background – Media Use, Government, and Websites – The Print Press, Broadcasting, and Politics – The Print Press, Broadcasting, and Politics – Critiques of the Emerging Virtual/Media World.