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

Jw, Kim; Chadha, Monima; Zúñiga, Homero Gil de

doi:10.4185/rlcs-2018-1251en

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“…Personality traits shape citizens behavioral and cognitive responses of their daily situations, which fundamentally impact their acquisition of political attitudes (Gallego and Oberski, 2012). Political attitudes are in fact formed as citizens are exposed to political information or interpretations about public affairs (Eveland, 2004;Kim et al, 2018). For instance, when citizens watch a political TV program, read a newspaper or discuss politics with friends or acquaintances, their interest about a particular issue may increase or decrease according to their perceptual, cognitive, emotional or behavioral responses (Gil de Zúñiga, Diehl, and Ardèvol-Abreu, 2018).…”

Section: Indirect Effect Of Extraversion On Participation: Political Discussion As Mediatormentioning

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Linking Extraversion to Collective and Individual Forms of Political Participation: The Mediating Role of Political Discussion

Huber

Goyanes

Zúñiga

2021

Social Science Quarterly

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Objectives. Scholars are increasingly investigating the role of citizens' personality in activating political behavior. We test whether extraversion is associated to collective political activities (i.e., activities that include social interaction) and individual ones (i.e., activities that do not include social interactions). Methods. We use originally collected survey data from five countries (Brazil, Korea, Russia, United States, United Kingdom). Results. We found that extraversion is positively and directly related to collective political activities in Brazil, Korea and Russia. Results show no direct relationship between individual forms of political activities and extraversion. However, political discussion fully mediates the relationship between extraversion and individual forms of political activities in all five countries. Conclusion. This study contributes to growing discussions on the role of personality traits in explaining political participation across countries, arguing that the relationship between extraversion and diverse forms of political participation are also context-driven and nourished by political discussion.

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Section: Indirect Effect Of Extraversion On Participation: Political Discussion As Mediatormentioning

confidence: 99%

Linking Extraversion to Collective and Individual Forms of Political Participation: The Mediating Role of Political Discussion

Huber

Goyanes

Zúñiga

2021

Social Science Quarterly

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“…As a result, this model may need refinement in order to explain the same process in different target populations exposed to different types of media. Indeed, testing alternative variables within the CMM, related to the population or content area at hand, is an emerging theme within CMM research (see, e.g., King et al, 2015;Kim, Chadha, & Gil de Zúñiga, 2018). With this in mind, we refined the model by including variables that provide an approach better suited to our sample population.…”

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Is News Surveillance Related to Cancer Knowledge in Underserved Adults? Testing Three Versions of the Cognitive Mediation Model

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The cognitive mediation model (CMM) proposes indirect paths to news learning such that news surveillance increases news learning through attention to the news and elaboration about the news. But there is a need for additional research that tests key postulates of the CMM especially for media targeting underserved populations. The present study tested three versions of the CMM to model ethnic newspaper learning within a low-income, Spanish-speaking population (N = 150). The original CMM was not supported by the data as elaboration was not related to knowledge; however, a simplified version of the CMM (surveillance → attention → knowledge) was supported. Moreover, a serial mediation model that included a measure of health maven was supported such that news surveillance was positively related to knowledge through maven-ness and attention.

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“…Several studies show that surveillance uses of traditional news media not only predict news consumption but also stimulate interest in politics and political knowledge (David, 2009; Eveland, 2001). Those who use the media to fulfill information needs tend to learn more from the news, because they are more motivated to reflect upon and act on that information (Eveland et al, 2003; Kim et al, 2018). Much of the literature on surveillance practices and their effects assume that people should pay at least passive attention to news media.…”

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News finds me perception and democracy: Effects on political knowledge, political interest, and voting

Zúñiga

Diehl²

2018

New Media & Society

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Recent scholarship suggests that overreliance on social networks for news and public affairs is associated with the belief that one no longer needs to actively seek information. Instead, individuals perceive that the “news will find me” (NFM) and detach from the regular habit of traditional news consumption. This study examines effects of the NFM perception on political knowledge, political interest, and electoral participation. Drawing on a nationally representative panel survey from the United States ( N = 997), this study finds that the NFM perception is negatively associated with both political knowledge and political interest across two time periods. The NFM perception also leads to negative, indirect effects on voting as the relationship is mediated through lower reported levels of political knowledge and interest in politics. The findings add to current conversations about the ability of personalized information networks to adequately inform and engage the public.

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

Cited by 6 publications

References 27 publications

Linking Extraversion to Collective and Individual Forms of Political Participation: The Mediating Role of Political Discussion

Linking Extraversion to Collective and Individual Forms of Political Participation: The Mediating Role of Political Discussion

Is News Surveillance Related to Cancer Knowledge in Underserved Adults? Testing Three Versions of the Cognitive Mediation Model

News finds me perception and democracy: Effects on political knowledge, political interest, and voting

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