Learning about Politics from the Mass Media

Chaffee, Steven H.; Kanihan, Stacey Frank

doi:10.1080/105846097199218

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“…In the related literature, the researchers claim that, there are various factors affecting political and social involvement (Meadovcroft, 1986;Chaffee and Kanihan, 1997;Mcleod, Sotirovic and Holbert, 1998;Oser, Ullrich and Biedermann, 2000;Münchmeier, 2000;Flanagan, Syvertsen and Stout 2007). Hence, the concept of political and social involvement is taken into consideration as a larger concept including lots of social and individual issues.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Bu nedenle siyasal ve toplumsal katılımın incelenmesi ve ölçülmesi oldukça zordur. Alan yazında siyasal ve toplumsal katılıma, aile, arkadaş grubu, okul, medya, vatandaşlık tutumları, güven, siyasal etkinlik, özyeterlik algısı gibi çok farklı etmenlerin etki ettiği ileri sürülmüştür (Meadovcroft, 1986;Chaffee ve Kanihan, 1997;Mcleod, Sotirovic ve Holbert, 1998;Oser, Ullrich ve Biedermann, 2000;Münchmeier, 2000;Flanagan, Syvertsen ve Stout 2007). Dolayısıyla siyasal ve toplumsal katılım, pek çok toplumsal ve bazı kişisel unsurların birlikte incelendiği geniş bir çerçevede ele alınmaktadır.…”

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Gençlerin siyasal ve toplumsal katılımı ölçeğinin geliştirilmesi

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2013

Ankara Universitesi Egitim Bilimleri Fakultesi Dergisi

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ABSTRACT. In this research a scale attempted to be developed on factors influencing civic and political participation. The scale is adapted on Flanagan, Syvertsen and Stout's political and civic participation approach and scale and cultural components were changed, new items representing Turkish culture were added. The initial form was administered to 550 university students (51.1% women; 48.5 % man). In the process of scale development explanatory and confirmatory factor analyses were performed and a reliability analysis was carried out. 16 factors were found that affecting political and civic participation. The final scale composed of 145 items. For reliability in terms of internal consistency was investigated. Results showed that subscales had internal consistency and subscales have high reliability.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionunclassified

Gençlerin siyasal ve toplumsal katılımı ölçeğinin geliştirilmesi

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2013

Ankara Universitesi Egitim Bilimleri Fakultesi Dergisi

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“…Some scholars, therefore, expected the television's introduction to improve democratic quality by raising the level of political interest, and by bringing politicians and voters closer to each other than the press had done (Glaser, 1965). In that sense, television could be a bridging medium: enlightening and involving those who know less about politics, and thereby decreasing knowledge and participation gaps (Chaffee & Kanihan, 1997;Eveland & Scheufele, 2000). By contrast, others assumed television to make citizens less politically involved and to decrease their ability to understand politics (Manheim, 1976;Postman, 1986).…”

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Soft News With Hard Consequences? Introducing a Nuanced Measure of Soft Versus Hard News Exposure and Its Relationship With Political Cynicism

Boukes

Boomgaarden

2014

Communication Research

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Soft news with hard consequences? Introducing a nuanced measure of soft versus hard news exposure and its relationship with political cynicism Boukes, M.; Boomgaarden, H. Disclaimer/Complaints regulationsIf you believe that digital publication of certain material infringes any of your rights or (privacy) interests, please let the Library know, stating your reasons. In case of a legitimate complaint, the Library will make the material inaccessible and/or remove it from the website. Please Ask the Library: http://uba.uva.nl/en/contact, or a letter to: Library of the University of Amsterdam, Secretariat, Singel 425, 1012 WP Amsterdam, The Netherlands. You will be contacted as soon as possible. Download date: 13 May 2018Running head: SOFT NEWS WITH HARD CONSEQUENCES? AbstractThe possibly detrimental consequences of soft news are subject of popular and academic debate. This study investigates how watching particular news genres -soft versus hard -relates to cynicism about politics among Dutch citizens. A nuanced and novel scale measuring relative exposure to soft versus hard news is introduced using nonparametric unidimensional unfolding. The analysis of three public opinion surveys demonstrates a strong relationship between people's position on this hard-versus-soft-news exposure scale and political cynicism. People who watched relatively more soft news were more cynical about politics than people who watched relatively more hard news. This relationship was not conditional on individuals' level of political knowledge and interest.

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“…Furthermore, the time spent reading newspapers was a stronger predictor than that spent viewing television. [12][13] With its power to offer ample information as well as spaces for public speeches and discussions, the Internet was believed to be more helpful in improving people"s political efficacy and participation than newspapers and television. However, empirical evidence on this topic has yielded conflicting results.…”

Section: Media Dependency Theorymentioning

confidence: 99%