Unraveling the relationships between smartphone use, exposure to heterogeneity, political efficacy, and political participation: a mediation model approach

Park, Chang Sup; Karan, Kavita

doi:10.1080/01292986.2014.892146

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“…Between the 1960s and 1980s, authoritarian regimes and dictators suffocated the voices of civil society. Since the 1990s, the political conflicts among regions and social classes have plagued South Korea (Park & Karan, 2014). The recent impeachment of President Park Geun-hye, South Korea, has seriously divided the public into confrontational "for" and "against" groups.…”

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Twitter and Encountering Diversity: The Moderating Role of Network Diversity and Age in the Relationship Between Twitter Use and Crosscutting Exposure

Park

Kaye

2017

Social Media + Society

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This article investigates whether Twitter use motivations relate to exposure to discordant information. To this end, this research conducted an online survey of 1,350 adults of South Korea. The results reveal that using Twitter for informationseeking, public-expression, and leisure-seeking purposes helps users to encounter crosscutting exposure, while the use of Twitter for private expression does not. Offline network diversity has a significant association with crosscutting exposure, and it moderates the relationship between Twitter use for public expression or leisure seeking and crosscutting exposure. The positive association between Twitter use for leisure seeking and crosscutting exposure is stronger among younger people than among older people.

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“…Twitter Use Motivations. This study used nine items 3 drawn from previous studies (Hwang & Shim, 2010;Mischaud, 2007;Park & Karan, 2014;Zhao & Rosson, 2009). Respondents were asked to indicate how much they agree with the following reasons for using Twitter on a 5-point scale, ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree).…”

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Twitter and Encountering Diversity: The Moderating Role of Network Diversity and Age in the Relationship Between Twitter Use and Crosscutting Exposure

Park

Kaye

2017

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“…Studies such as the one by Liu, Scordino, Geurtz, Navarrete, Yujung Ko & Lim (2014); Cabero & Barroso (2016); Major, Hassler & Hennessy (2017), among others, have evidenced the interest in the use of the mobile devices in teaching contexts, their contributions and the repercussions on the student's learning results. Other works have described the appearance of addictive behaviors due to their excessive use in the teaching and personal domains (Castellana et al, 2007;Cuesta & Gaspar, 2013;Rodríguez-Gómez et al, 2018), or the consequences of the use of mobile phones by the citizens, and the need to offer user guidelines and norms and to opt for a model of mediation for the use of mobile communication (Park & Karan, 2014).…”

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Mobile Learning in University Contexts Based on the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT)

Aliaño¹,

Hueros²,

Franco³

et al. 2019

J. New Approaches Educ. Res.

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The aim of this study is to determine the factors that significantly influence the acceptance and intent to use smartphones and tables as resources for learning in university contexts, as well as the relationships established between them. For their analysis, we followed a contextualized model of evaluation starting with the methodological framework of the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT), proposed by Venkatesh and collaborators (2003). For this, a data collection instrument was designed, validated to our context and optimized for mobile learning and the education community. A total of 370 university students participated in the study. From the statistical analysis conducted, it was shown that the instrument constructed had a notable internal consistency, showing a high validity for collecting information in relation to five of the eight factors of which it was composed, although it should be revised in relation to the other three. Also, through the data collected, a high pre-disposition was observed for the use of mobile devices for learning, with a direct effect on the constructs validated, as well as the socio-demographic variables (age, gender, degree year and field of knowledge) that could be considered moderating variables of this pre-disposition. Although these results could be put into context in future studies, it can be concluded that the instrument design can be a good indicator of the pre-disposition towards the use of mobile learning strategies.

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“…Empirically, previous scholars have applied the definition of internal political efficacy to demonstrate that online media use is associated with increased internal political efficacy in a battery of researches on Internet [ 34 ], social media [ 35 ], online news [ 36 ], and mobile phone [ 37 ]. In the context of WeChat use, such a relationship can be expected since information from the new media is a crucial source that can reinforce one’s ability and confidence to engage in politics.…”

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“…Consisted with this outcome, a latest research on smartphone further indicated that informational use of it is significantly associated with political efficacy and participatory behaviors. However, recreational use is not found a positive association with political efficacy [ 37 ].…”

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Is mobile app a new political discussion platform? An empirical study of the effect of WeChat use on college students’ political discussion and political efficacy

Pang

2018

PLoS ONE

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In the last couple of years, the increasing application and popularization of mobile app have dramatically transformed people’s daily political lives through offering innovative mechanisms for interpersonal communication. While a majority of past studies on WeChat have mainly focused on its characteristics, only few documents have unearthed the potential effect of using such emerging social media on facilitating political discussion and increasing political efficacy. Given those, this study adopted uses and gratifications approach to explore the possible relationships between gratifications-sought, the intensity of WeChat usage on mobile phones, online political discussion, and political efficacy among college students in China. An empirical survey with 282 WeChat users reveals that WeChat as a relatively new outlet of political information, which fosters online political discussion with others about government and politics. Contrary to the expectation, the intensity of WeChat usages is not helped to strengthen or enhance individual’s level of internal or external political efficacy. Furthermore, hierarchical regression analyses demonstrate that information needs and recognition needs are positive predictors of internal political efficacy. Overall, these obtained findings may shed more up-to-date insights on the meaningful role of the mobile-based communication technology in promoting citizens’ democratic engagement in a developing country.

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Unraveling the relationships between smartphone use, exposure to heterogeneity, political efficacy, and political participation: a mediation model approach

Cited by 16 publications

References 66 publications

Twitter and Encountering Diversity: The Moderating Role of Network Diversity and Age in the Relationship Between Twitter Use and Crosscutting Exposure

Twitter and Encountering Diversity: The Moderating Role of Network Diversity and Age in the Relationship Between Twitter Use and Crosscutting Exposure

Mobile Learning in University Contexts Based on the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT)

Is mobile app a new political discussion platform? An empirical study of the effect of WeChat use on college students’ political discussion and political efficacy

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