Connecting News Media Use with Gaps in Knowledge and Participation

Eveland, William P.; Scheufele, Dietram A.

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“…There is limited evidence suggesting that viewers learn from soft news and entertainment (Hahn, Iyengar, van Aelst, & Curran, 2012;Kim & Vishak, 2008), though some studies suggest that exposure to conflict and human interest frames, often associated with soft news, may increase learning among groups less interested in politics (Albaek et al, 2014). Several studies also show that public service news has stronger knowledge effects than commercial TV news Eveland & Scheufele, 2000;Fraile & Iyengar, 2014;Liu & Eveland, 2005;Shehata et al, 2015;Soroka et al, 2013;Strömbäck, 2016;Tewksbury, Weaver, & Maddex, 2001).…”

Section: Concern 6: Towards Increasing Inequalitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The core of the concern is that increasing media choice will lead to increasing inequalities in the extent to which people make use of the news media, and that this will result in increasing inequalities in knowledge about politics and current affairs among different groups in society Blekesaune et al, 2012;Eveland & Scheufele, 2000;Gaziano, 2010;Hwang & Jeong, 2009;Ksiazek et al, 2010;Strömbäck et al, 2013;Wei & Hindman, 2011). Thus, the concern is rooted in how changes in the supply of news and other political information influence the demand and, subsequently, learning about politics and current affairs.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Political communication in a high-choice media environment: a challenge for democracy?

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During the last decennia media environments and political communication systems have changed fundamentally. These changes have major ramifications for the political information environments and the extent to which they aid people in becoming informed citizens. Against this background, the purpose of this article is to review research on key changes and trends in political information environments and assess their democratic implications. We will focus on advanced postindustrial democracies and six concerns that are all closely linked to the dissemination and acquisition of political knowledge: (1) declining supply of political information, (2) declining quality of news, (3) increasing media concentration and declining diversity of news, (4) increasing fragmentation and polarization, (5) increasing relativism and (6) increasing inequality in political knowledge. ARTICLE HISTORY

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Section: Concern 6: Towards Increasing Inequalitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Political communication in a high-choice media environment: a challenge for democracy?

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Aalberg

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“…2005). Kai kurių tyrimų duomenimis, išsilavinimo ir žinių santykis yra silpnesnis tarp aktyvių dienraščių skaitytojų negu tarp mažiau dienraščius skaitančių piliečių (Eveland, Scheufele 2000;Fraile 2011). Dienraščių skaitymas, priešingai nei televizijos žiūrėjimas, sumažina žinių skirtumus tarp nevienodo išsilavinimo žmonių (Fraile 2011).…”

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Ar žiniasklaidos vartojimas skatina dalyvauti politiniuose veiksmuose Lietuvoje?

Imbrasaitė¹

2016

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Santrauka. Demokratinėse šalyse žiniasklaida yra tarpininkė tarp visuomenės ir valdžios institucijų. Žiniasklaidos priemonėmis skleidžiama informacija turėtų garantuoti minimalų visuo ĮvadasParama valdžios institucijoms ir piliečių dalyvavimas valstybės valdymo procese yra esminė demokratijos funkcionavimo ir stabilumo užtikrinimo sąlyga. Vis dėlto pernelyg aukštas pasitikėjimas valdžios institucijomis kenkia demokratijai, nes skatina politinę apatiją, budrumo ir valdžios kontrolės sumažėjimą, o pasitikėjimo valdžios institucijomis stoka gali skatinti pilietinės visuomenės dezintegraciją (Mishler, Rose 1997). Naujosiose demokratijose reikia ne tik pasitikinčių valdžios institucijomis, bet ir skeptiškai mąs-tančių piliečių, kurie, esant poreikiui, gali aktyviai imtis valdžios institucijų kontrolės, liovęsi pasitikėti jomis (Mishler, Rose 1996;.Demokratinėse visuomenėse žiniasklaidos priemonės atlieka tarpininko vaidmenį tarp piliečių ir valdžios institucijų. Mokslininkai neturi vieningos nuomonės apie žiniasklaidos vartojimo poveikį demokratijos rėmimui ir dalyvavimui politiniuose veiksmuose. Vieni autoriai (Putnam 2000) teigia, ISSN 2029-4573 (Print), ISSN 2335-8777 (Online) KULTūRA IR VISUOMENė. Socialinių tyrimų žurnalas. 2016 7 (2) http://dx

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“…For example, Zhao and Chaffee (1995) find that campaign news helps voters to gain information about important issues, and therefore information media use is an important driving force for political participation. Eveland and Scheufele (2000) also note that information provided by the news media can help citizens gain political knowledge as well as encourage citizens to participate in political activities. Moreover, Corrigall-Brown and Wilkes (2014) argue that media exposure has direct and indirect effects on voting and protesting by increasing political trust, efficacy, and knowledge.…”

Section: Media Use and Political Participationmentioning

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Media Use, Democratic Values, and Political Participation: Empirical Evidence from Taiwan

Chang¹

2017

Japanese Journal of Political Science

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This paper extends understanding of the relationship between media use and attitudes toward democratic values. We employ the two-step estimation approach to examine the relationship between media use and attitudes toward democratic values as well as consequential association with political participation. The empirical results show that media use to obtain news information is positively related to attitudes toward democratic values. The findings also note that attitudes toward democratic values are positively associated with engagement in politics. The results support the argument that media use is significant for shaping citizens' attitudes toward democratic values by providing information about public affairs and expanding citizens' understanding about democratic politics. As such, media use facilitates democratic socialization and leads to more involvement in political behaviors. IntroductionScholarly discussions on the relationship between media use and political participation have shifted their focus away from the effects of traditional media, such as television, radio, and newspapers, toward digital media, especially the Internet. The rapid development of information technology since the late 1990s, providing online information and network connections facilitated by the Internet, has largely changed the pattern and the relationship between media use and political participation. These changes have drawn the attention of scholars to analyze the effects of digital media use on several important issues. Previous studies show that media use has strong effects on civic culture and political engagements (Kittilson and Dalton, 2011;Gil de Zúñiga et al., 2012). It is in fact argued that media use enhances information acquisition, community formation, and the promotion of civic-oriented behaviors, as well as providing lowcost opportunities for people to become involved in public affairs and to express their personal opinions. The change in the range of available media may significantly alter people's perceptions about democratic values and their attitudes toward politics, and therefore change the pattern of people's political participation.

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Connecting News Media Use with Gaps in Knowledge and Participation

Cited by 400 publications

References 61 publications

Political communication in a high-choice media environment: a challenge for democracy?

Political communication in a high-choice media environment: a challenge for democracy?

Ar žiniasklaidos vartojimas skatina dalyvauti politiniuose veiksmuose Lietuvoje?

Media Use, Democratic Values, and Political Participation: Empirical Evidence from Taiwan

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