scholarly journals News Media, Knowledge, and Political Interest: Evidence of a Dual Role From a Field Experiment

2017 ◽  
Vol 67 (4) ◽  
pp. 545-564 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sophie Lecheler ◽  
Claes H. de Vreese
Keyword(s):  
Field Experiment ◽  
News Media ◽  
Dual Role ◽  
Political Interest

scholarly journals Digital Technologies and Selective Exposure: How Choice and Filter Bubbles Shape News Media Exposure

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 465-486 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana S. Cardenal ◽  
Carlos Aguilar-Paredes ◽  
Carol Galais ◽  
Mario Pérez-Montoro
Keyword(s):  
News Media ◽  
Media Exposure ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Selective Exposure ◽  
Political Interest ◽  
Complex Picture ◽  
Filter Bubbles ◽  
Different Origins ◽  
The Relationship

This paper analyzes the role of different origins to news media in selective exposure. We rely on a unique web-tracking online dataset from Spain to identify points of access to news outlets and study the influence of direct navigation and news-referred platforms (i.e., from Facebook and Google) on selective exposure. We also explore cross-level interactions between origins to news and political interest and ideology. We find that direct navigation increases selective exposure while Google reduces it. We also find that the relationship between origins to news and selective exposure is strongly moderated by ideology, suggesting that search engines and social media are not content neutral. Our findings suggest a rather complex picture regarding selective exposure online.

The Development of Political Interest Among Adolescents: A Communication Mediation Approach Using Five Waves of Panel Data

2017 ◽  
Vol 46 (8) ◽  
pp. 1055-1077 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Shehata ◽  
Erik Amnå
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Panel Data ◽  
News Media ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Panel Study ◽  
Political Interest ◽  
Mediation Model ◽  
Opinion Formation ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Current Affairs

Political interest is one of the most important individual-level predictors of news media use, public opinion formation, and engagement. When, how, and why some citizens develop a strong interest in politics is, however, less clear. This study analyzes the development of political interest during the formative years of adolescence, using a five-wave panel study among Swedish adolescents, covering a period of 4 years. Based on the citizen communication mediation model, we analyze how interest in political and current affairs news among family and friends influence adolescents’ political interest. Taken together, while the findings lend support for several of the hypotheses, mechanisms, and processes derived from the communication mediation model, parents appear more important than peers when it comes to shaping adolescents’ political interest.

Does Deliberative Education Increase Civic Competence? Results from a Field Experiment

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 199-208
Author(s):  
Mikael Persson ◽  
Klas Andersson ◽  
Pär Zetterberg ◽  
Joakim Ekman ◽  
Simon Lundin
Keyword(s):  
Field Experiment ◽  
Political Knowledge ◽  
Political Interest ◽  
Political Discussion ◽  
Democratic Values ◽  
Civic Competence ◽  
Teacher Centered

AbstractHow should education be structured to most effectively increase civic outcomes such as political knowledge and democratic values? We present results from a field experiment in which we compare the effects of deliberative education and traditional teacher-centered education. The study is the largest field experiment on deliberative education to date and involved more than 1,200 students in 59 classrooms. We test the effects on four forms of civic competence: political knowledge, political interest, democratic values, and political discussion. In contrast to previous research, we find little evidence that deliberative education significantly increases civic competence.

scholarly journals Overconfidence in model projections

2013 ◽  
Vol 70 (6) ◽  
pp. 1065-1068 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keith Brander ◽  
Anna Neuheimer ◽  
Ken Haste Andersen ◽  
Martin Hartvig
Keyword(s):  
News Media ◽  
Marine Ecosystems ◽  
Scientific Basis ◽  
Climate Impacts ◽  
Political Interest ◽  
Scientific Journals ◽  
Remedial Action ◽  
Political Awareness ◽  
Fish Stocks ◽  
New Information

Abstract Brander, K., Neuheimer, A., Andersen, K. H., and Hartvig, M. 2013. Overconfidence in model projections. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 70: 1065–1068. There is considerable public and political interest in the state of marine ecosystems and fisheries, but the reliability of some recent projections has been called into question. New information about declining fish stocks, loss of biodiversity, climate impacts, and management failure is frequently reported in the major news media, based on publications in prominent scientific journals. Public and political awareness of the generally negative changes taking place in marine ecosystems is welcome, especially if it results in effective remedial action, but the scientific basis for such action must be reliable and uncertainties arising from models and data shortcomings must be presented fully and transparently. Scientific journals play an important role and should require more detailed analysis and presentation of uncertainties.

The Reciprocal Effects Between Political Interest and TV News Revisited: Evidence From Four Panel Surveys

2018 ◽  
Vol 96 (2) ◽  
pp. 473-496 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesper Strömbäck ◽  
Adam Shehata
Keyword(s):  
Public Service ◽  
News Media ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Reciprocal Relationship ◽  
Political Interest ◽  
Reciprocal Effects ◽  
Panel Surveys ◽  
Tv News ◽  
News Use

Although research shows that there is a correlation between political interest and news media use, whether there are reciprocal effects between political interest and news media use remain unsettled. To remedy this and go beyond previous research, this study seeks to investigate the reciprocal relationship between political interest and TV news use (a) across elections, (b) across election periods and a nonelection period, and (c) comparing public service and commercial TV news. Using four representative panel surveys, findings show that there is a reciprocal relationship between political interest and watching public service but not commercial TV news.

scholarly journals The social media logic of political interaction: Exploring citizens’ and politicians’ relationship on Facebook and Twitter

First Monday ◽  
2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bente Kalsnes ◽  
Anders Olof Larsson ◽  
Gunn Sara Enli
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
News Media ◽  
Political Interest ◽  
Ordinary People ◽  
Political Actors ◽  
Gender And Education ◽  
Political Interaction ◽  
The Social ◽  
Media Logic ◽  
Everyday Context

This paper examines citizens’ interactions with politicians in social media in what is referred to as an everyday context, unmediated by news media. Through a representative survey, we compare the influence of a series of socio-demographical variables such as political interest, age, gender and education on the interaction levels between citizens and politicians. The article argues that the social media logic can be operationalized into “connected affordances”: Redistribution, Interacting and Acknowledging — which are the three types of user practices on Facebook and Twitter. The study finds that Facebook is a service where “ordinary” people engage in political interaction with politicians — and receive replies from politicians — while Twitter is mostly used by just a small group of the population for these purposes. Hence, the popularity of Facebook could be seen as allowing for new connections between citizens and politicians without news media as mediators. Our results suggest that the stronger the political interest the citizens express, the more connective affordances are utilized — such as commenting and sharing. Political interest also impacts what response citizens receive from political actors in social media.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document