Differential Use, Differential Effects: Investigating the Roles of Different Modes of News Use in Promoting Political Participation

Choi, Jihyang

doi:10.1111/jcc4.12176

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“…Scholarly understanding of news sharing, a more esoteric behavior, had less to gain from this approach. The findings here conform with past studies in suggesting that sharing is mostly accomplished by more avid and politically involved SM users and that it is linked to political participation (Choi, 2016a;Kalogeropoulos et al, 2017;Kumpel et al, 2015;Weeks and Holbert, 2013). Nevertheless, the present analysis did advance theoretical understanding regarding SM news viewing.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 91%

Understanding news engagement on social media: A media repertoire approach

Dvir-Gvirsman

2020

New Media & Society

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This study promotes the news repertoire framework as an analytical approach best suited for studying news engagement on social media (SM), considering its multifaceted nature. To demonstrate the theoretical benefits of this proposal, the study seeks to (1) identify user profiles based on SM news viewing and sharing, and news consumption on other platforms; (2) determine profile predictors; and (3) evaluate their possible outcomes. A panel study ( N = 1786) demonstrated the emergence of identifiable profiles, attributed to differences in SM use and political interest. In addition, profiles embodied different effects on political participation over time. A second study ( N = 86) was conducted thereafter, in which users’ Facebook news feed use was analyzed to determine differences in news supply according to profiles. Findings that could not have been achieved using the more common unidimensional news consumption methods are discussed in light of new theoretical gains provided by the repertoire approach.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 91%

Understanding news engagement on social media: A media repertoire approach

Dvir-Gvirsman

2020

New Media & Society

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“…In this regard, Freeman (2013) concludes that the Internet is the main source of news among young people and, although the online press is their first choice for consultation, they prefer to play the role of active audiences in media and social networks to share their own comments. In this regard, Choi (2016) also argues that the publication of news on social networks contributes to young people's participation and Guerrero (2018) claims that young people are moving away from television to never come back. Similarly, Gil de Zúñiga et al (2016) have concluded that one of the reasons that promotes the use of social networks is the need to engage in debates on certain public affairs, as well as the need to get news to share their opinions and to find support in their surroundings.…”

Section: News Consumptionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Participation and commitment of young people in the digital environment. Uses of social networks and perception of their consequences

Vizcaíno-Laorga¹,

García²,

López³

2019

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Ricardo Vizcaíno-Laorga [CV] [ ] [ ] Professor at the Department of Communication Sciences and Sociology. Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (URJC) (Spain) -ricardo.vizcaino@urjc.es Beatriz Catalina-García [CV] [ ] [ ] Professor at the Department of Communication Sciences and Sociology. Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (URJC) (Spain) -beatriz.catalina@urjc.es María-Cruz López de Ayala-López [CV] [ ] [ ] Professor at the Department of Communication Sciences and Sociology. Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (URJC) (Spain)mariacruz.lopezdeayala@urjc.es AbstractIntroduction. The article analyses the uses that young people (of 18 to 24 years of age) make of social networks (especially in terms of public-social participation) and their perceptions regarding the possibility of empowerment. Methods. Four focus groups were conducted: with vocational training students and university students, who were divided in turn into highly-active and low-active users. Results and conclusions. The power of social networks (generators of change and citizen participation) is perceived differently depending on the context and the degree of influence of the user. The level of activity and participation is not the only factor determining use: personality and interests, previous degree of implication, and use habits provoke greater or lesser resistance to change a social network. Although television consumption is decreasing, the credibility of its information is not related to the medium but to the confidence and knowledge that users have in relation to it.

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“…Future studies would also benefit from more contextually specific measures of social media news engagement rather than the generic measures used in the present study, which may have contributed to the marginal Cronbach's alpha score. Past studies strongly suggest that different uses of the Internet often lead to different outcomes (Choi 2016). For example, "commenting" on news posts often require more cognitive effort compared with just "sharing" them.…”

Section: Limitations and Conclusionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Examining the Roles of Political Social Network and Internal Efficacy on Social Media News Engagement: A Comparative Study of Six Asian Countries

Chan

Chen

Lee

2018

The International Journal of Press/Politics

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The use of social media has risen exponentially in Asia in the past decade, but there have been few comparative studies examining social media news engagement in the region. We use online survey data to examine the relationships among political social networks, internal political efficacy, and social media news engagement in six countries (Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Singapore). Findings across the samples showed that individuals in political social networks comprising cross-cutting and like-minded political views engage in social media news more, and internal political efficacy accentuated the relationships between cross-cutting/like-minded political social networks and engagement. Implications for the findings are discussed in relation to current debates on the potential for social media news engagement to engender a more deliberative democracy; or lead to greater ideological segregation and echo chambers in social media spaces.

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Differential Use, Differential Effects: Investigating the Roles of Different Modes of News Use in Promoting Political Participation

Abstract: The present study clarifies the role of the informational use of media in facilitating citizens' political participation by focusing on three distinctive modes of news experience (i.e., news reading, posting, and endorsing)

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Understanding news engagement on social media: A media repertoire approach

Understanding news engagement on social media: A media repertoire approach

Participation and commitment of young people in the digital environment. Uses of social networks and perception of their consequences

Examining the Roles of Political Social Network and Internal Efficacy on Social Media News Engagement: A Comparative Study of Six Asian Countries

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