Information consumption and political orientations

"Info-consumption and political orientations" (by Vilen Ivanov and Mikhail Nazarov) sets fort results of a study aimed at measuring interrelation betw een mass information consumption and political orientations among Russia's population. The results permit to conclude that indices of political partic ipation are positively linked to rates of media contacts, as are mass media consumption patterns to individuals' political preferences. Further, the a uthors suggest empirically grounded patterns linking TV-orientations to pol itical preferences of the given audiences. The study is based on communicat ive behavior surveys in 1994 to 1996.