An Investigation of Elaboration and Selective Scanning as Mediators of Learning From the Web Versus Print

Eveland, William P.; Dunwoody, Sharon

doi:10.1207/s15506878jobem4601_3

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“…While studies have found support for the mediating effects of elaboration in the news learning process (Eveland Jr., 2002Eveland Jr., Cortese, Park, & Dunwoody, 2004;Eveland Jr. & Dunwoody, 2002), few other scholars have raised questions regarding the direct relationship between news exposure and elaboration (Jensen, 2011). It is possible to consider that elaboration, another information-processing variable, may need other factors for its occurrence.…”

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“…Consequently, a prominent research agenda that has emerged from this quest is one that examines how people learn from various media platforms (Althaus & Tewksbury, 2000;Eveland & Dunwoody, 2002;Scheufele & Nisbet, 2002;Bachmann & Gil de Zúñiga, 2013) and from different types of news content (Prior, 2013). Studies on news learning from print, television, and online news media became popular research topics (Eveland, Seo, & Marton, 2002).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…This model showed that information processing mechanisms such as attention and elaboration mediated the process of knowledge gain. Prior research has found that elaboration--the mental process of making connections between acquired new information and knowledge stored in human memory--is an effective mediating variable between news media exposure and people's news learning (Eveland & Dunwoody, 2002;Eveland, Shah & Kwak, 2003;Gil de Zúñiga, 2017). Yet, additional tests of the model are needed to clarify relationships among variables and to further identify additional factors that would influence the relationship between news media use and knowledge gain.…”

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News Media Use and Cognitive Elaboration. The Mediating Role of Media Efficacy

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Chadha²,

Zúñiga³

2018

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This study examines the relationship between news use and elaboration while introducing the mediating role of people's perception of how different media helps them understand complex issues. The construct-media efficacy-is conceptualized as an individual's perception of helpfulness of a news medium in understanding complex issues. Analysis from a two-wave panel study showed the relationship between news media use and elaboration was fully mediated by media efficacy. This research advances the Cognitive Mediation Model scholarship by introducing a new mediating variable, media efficacy, and examining its relationship with cognitive elaboration.

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News Media Use and Cognitive Elaboration. The Mediating Role of Media Efficacy

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Chadha²,

Zúñiga³

2018

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“…As citizens have more control over their news consumption online, they are more likely to "selectively scan" news. As a consequence, they will only select news stories they find interesting, relevant, and important (Eveland & Dunwoody, 2002). For example, Tewksbury and Althaus (2000) demonstrated that online readers read less (inter)national and fewer political news stories.…”

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“…Sanne Kruikemeier et al selectivity theories that predict that digital news environments inhibit inadvertent learning by offering more autonomy (Eveland & Dunwoody, 2002;Prior, 2005Prior, , 2007. There are less editorial cues that readers use to determine which articles are important.…”

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