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Table of Contents
1 Introduction
2 A brief overview of the integrative functions of media
2.1 What makes media integrative
2.1.1 Media reach large audiences
2.1.2 Content (I): Media transport messages about social reality
2.1.3 Content (II): Media enable large public spheres
2.2 Integration at different levels of society
2.3 Fragmentation and other negative effects of television
2.4 Summary
3 Fears about a loss of integration due to the Internet
3.1 Technical properties of the Internet
3.2 Online content
3.3 Online use
3.4 Effects of online structures and use
3.5 Summary
4 Measurement of media effects on social integration
4.1 Conversation-related measures
4.2 Social integration as a characteristic of individuals
4.3 Fragmentation of audiences
4.4 Summary
5 How to analyze the integrative potential of the Internet
5.1 Open questions
5.2 Aim and scope of the study
6 Survey: Media use and social integration
6.1 Method
6.2 Relationships between media use and integration
6.2.1 Results
6.2.2 Summary and discussion
6.3 Online repertoires and types of users
6.3.1 Results
6.3.2 Summary and discussion
7 Analysis of clickstream data: Online use within platforms
7.1 Massively overlapping culture online?
7.2 Use of content items in different media
7.3 Research questions
7.4 Method
7.5 Results
7.5.1 Overlap of usage on Spiegel Online
7.5.2 Overlap of usage on YouTube
7.6 Summary and discussion
8 Content analysis: Online content structures
8.1 Content on Spiegel Online
8.2 Content on YouTube
8.3 Research questions
8.4 Method
8.5 Results
8.5.1 Content structure of Spiegel Online articles
8.5.2 Content structure of top 10 YouTube videos
8.6 Summary and discussion
9 Conclusion
9.1 The integrative potential of the Internet versus mass media
9.1.1 Online versus other content
9.1.2 Patterns of online usage
9.1.3 Summary: The dependence of integrative potentials on structures and user behavior
9.2 Limitations
9.3 Outlook
References
APPENDIX
Appendix A: Questionnaire (Chapter 6)
Appendix B: Codebook for Spiegel Online content (Chapters 7 and 8)
Appendix C: Codebook for YouTube videos (Chapter 8)
Mahrt, M. (2019). Beyond filter bubbles and echo chambers: The integrative potential of the Internet. doi: 10.17174/dcr.v5.0
This book is published open access and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC-BY 4.0).
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