Generational Gaps in Political Media Use and Civic Engagement

Andersen, Kim; Ohme, Jakob; Bjarnøe, Camilla; Bordacconi, Mats Joe; Albæk, Erik; Vreese, Claes de

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“…In addition, it is important to follow up on how this chiasma between (in)accuracy perceptions and (dis)trust in media translates into younger generations' curation of media diets in order to understand how media content influences their political engagement and behavior (Edgerly et al 2018). The finding that political interest matters more strongly for Millennials' media trust may relate to previous research that found younger generations to be less interested in politics in general (Andersen et al 2021;Grasso 2016). Our results add to this strand of research, showing that for younger citizens, lower levels of political interest can be related to trust in media as well.…”

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“…Thus, perceptions of accuracy in the media were measured as agreement with the statement "The media do no report accurately on facts that happened" on a scale from 1 (fully disagree) to 7 (fully agree). Generations were classified as follows, based on Andersen et al (2021): Generation Z (n = 298) includes those between 17 and 24 years at the time of the survey (2019), Millennials (n = 1542) those between 25 and 39 years, Generation X (n = 2060) those between 40 and 54 years, and Baby Boomers (n = 2537) those between 55 and 74 years. Traditionalists are those between 75 and 100 years; however, this group was very small and likely not representative (due to the online survey approach) in some countries and was therefore excluded from the analyses.…”

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“…The time that one grows up in shapes generations. It can affect what type of media citizens turn to and can make a difference for how they act upon media information (Andersen et al 2021). But are there generational differences in media trust?…”

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Generational Gaps in Media Trust and its Antecedents in Europe

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We test generational differences in media trust and its antecedents, including political trust, interest, and orientation, as well as perceptions of media inaccuracy and media bias. We rely on original survey data from ten European countries, collected in 2019. We find no differences in the levels of media trust between generations, but we find that key correlates of media trust relate differently to it in different generations. For example, political interest is more strongly correlated with media trust for Millennials than for other generations. Perceptions of bias and inaccuracy have a strong negative correlation with media trust overall, but it is stronger for older generations. These results suggest, that in the long term, societal developments, and in particular debates about media bias and misinformation may impact media trust of young generations differently as they grow older—however, our data give no indication of that creating generational gaps in media trust.

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“…In other words, young er citizens prefer to engage primarily with issues that interest and impact them [8,44,45]. This line of thinking is extended in the work of Andersen et al [46]. The authors discuss how, contrary to older generations, the connection between news and participation patterns among youth is not continuous.…”

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Digital Issue Movements: Political Repertoires and Drivers of Participation among Belgian Youth in the Context of ‘School Strike for Climate’

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It often remains unclear how young citizens are combining various forms of political participation, as well as why they choose some over others, especially within a single-issue movement. Moreover, little is known about how social networking sites (SNS) fit into the political repertoires of citizens. Therefore, this study explores youths’ political participation patterns in the context of the 2019 youth-led climate strikes. We rely on data from a paper and pencil survey among 498 high school students in Belgium. To identify different types of activists, the study used latent class analysis (LCA). In addition, a multinomial logistic regression was conducted to assess how identified participation types differ from each other. Four different participation repertoires regarding the climate issue were identified, each distinctive in the way they rely on different forms of political participation. In addition, membership to each of the different classes is associated with a unique set of characteristics (in terms of political efficacies, climate issue involvement, and online expression motives). The article shows how SNS make up a crucial part of youths’ issue-specific participation patterns and sheds light on the mechanisms underlying their participation choices within the climate movement.

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“…more and less supportive of governmental policies) attenuates the general relationship examined in this study. Future research should link exposure measures with content analysis to better understand what drives political participation (see, for example, Andersen et al 2021). Lastly, due to a lack of resources, we can only rely on a rough measurement of social media use.…”

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Attenuating the crisis: the relationship between media use, prosocial political participation, and holding misinformation beliefs during the COVID-19 pandemic

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In a global crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic, governments around the world are dependent on voluntary support of their citizens. Based on a four-wave panel survey conducted in the Netherlands between April and July 2020 (n = 1742), this study investigates the development of citizens' engagement in prosocial political activities and what motivates such acts of political participation. With previous research indicating strong relationships between news as well as social media use and political participation, we test whether these types of information consumption drive participation over time. The spread of misinformation during the COVID-19 crisis, however, was described as an "infodemic". The study therefore explores how holding misinformation beliefs directly and indirectly affects participation in COVID-19 related activities.

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Generational Gaps in Political Media Use and Civic Engagement

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Generational Gaps in Media Trust and its Antecedents in Europe

Generational Gaps in Media Trust and its Antecedents in Europe

Digital Issue Movements: Political Repertoires and Drivers of Participation among Belgian Youth in the Context of ‘School Strike for Climate’

Attenuating the crisis: the relationship between media use, prosocial political participation, and holding misinformation beliefs during the COVID-19 pandemic

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