by Lee Lap-fung, Francis. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 187-197). / Abstracts in English and Chinese; questionnaire in Chinese. / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- The background of the 1998 election --- p.10 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- Approaches to election and media effects studies --- p.20 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Activating informed participation - a conceptual model for empirical evaluation --- p.33 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- Design and methods --- p.47 / Chapter Chapter 6 --- "News consumption, knowledge and sophistication" --- p.51 / Chapter Chapter 7 --- Media and political attitudes --- p.65 / Chapter Chapter 8 --- Voter turnout --- p.100 / Chapter Chapter 9 --- The pitfalls of media strategic coverage: How media fall short from activating informed participation --- p.120 / Chapter Chapter 10 --- Conclusion: Mass media and political participation in Hong Kong --- p.147 / Appendix A Variable constructions and statistical procedures --- p.159 / Appendix B Questionnaires and basic information about the data --- p.165 / "Appendix C Electoral system,vote calculating method, and candidate lists" --- p.180 / Reference --- p.187