The Impact of News Use and News Content Characteristics on Political Knowledge and Participation

被引:25
作者
Liu, Yung-I [1 ]
Shen, Fei [2 ]
Eveland, William P., Jr. [3 ]
Dylko, Ivan [4 ]
机构
[1] Calif State Univ, Dept Commun, East Bay, CA USA
[2] City Univ Hong Kong, Dept Media & Commun, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
[3] Ohio State Univ, Sch Commun, Columbus, OH 43210 USA
[4] New Mexico State Univ, Dept Commun Studies, Las Cruces, NM 88003 USA
关键词
OFF-YEAR ELECTION; PRESIDENTIAL-ELECTION; CAMPAIGN COVERAGE; MEDIA MATTER; MASS-MEDIA; TELEVISION; COMMUNICATION; INFORMATION; NEWSPAPERS; GAP;
D O I
10.1080/15205436.2013.778285
中图分类号
G2 [信息与知识传播];
学科分类号
05 ; 0503 ;
摘要
Research has examined the relationship between traditional news media use and normatively important political outcomes such as knowledge and participation. However, most research fails to account for variations in the nature of news over time and across communities that could alter the fundamental relationship between exposure and these outcomes. Here two studies are presentedone with variation in news characteristics over time based on the American National Election Studies time series data and another with variation across local communities and newspapers within a single state during a single election yearto assess the hypothesis that the relationship between news use and political outcomes are moderated by natural variations in the nature of the news content and news outlets.
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页码:713 / 737
页数:25
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