The media's role in shaping Canadian civic and political engagement

O’Neill, Brenda

doi:10.1016/j.polsoc.2009.11.004

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“…Socialization for citizenship in adolescence can be influenced by parents, peers, schools and media (McLeod 2000). Among these sources, the media is currently one of the most influential socializing agents for adolescents, and it plays an important role in affecting civic engagement (O'Neil 2009).…”

Section: Civic Engagement and Social Networking Sitesmentioning

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Can Facebook Informational Use Foster Adolescent Civic Engagement?

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American J of Comm Psychol

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The findings on the association between Social Networking Sites and civic engagement are mixed. The present study aims to evaluate a theoretical model linking the informational use of Internet-based social media (specifically, Facebook) with civic competencies and intentions for future civic engagement, taking into account the mediating role of civic discussions with family and friends and sharing the news online. Participants were 114 Italian high school students aged 14-17 years (57 % boys). Path analysis was used to evaluate the proposed theoretical model. Results showed that Facebook informational use was associated with higher levels of adolescent perceived competence for civic action, both directly and through the mediation of civic discussion with parents and friends (offline). Higher levels of civic competencies, then, were associated with a stronger intention to participate in the civic domain in the future. Our findings suggest that Facebook may provide adolescents with additional tools through which they can learn civic activities or develop the skills necessary to participate in the future.

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Section: Civic Engagement and Social Networking Sitesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Can Facebook Informational Use Foster Adolescent Civic Engagement?

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Altoè

et al. 2015

American J of Comm Psychol

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“…At the same time, higher psychological 2 Y.P. Hsieh and M.-H. Li engagement in politics may also motivate users to search for and retrieve information online for civic and political affairs (Bimber, 2001(Bimber, , 2003O'Neill, 2010;Xenos & Moy, 2007). For example, by examining the data from the 2000 American National Election Studies (ANES), Bimber (2003) reported that citizens who have higher political efficacy and have used the Internet for political information were more likely to vote.…”

Section: Icts As Information Sources For Political Informationmentioning

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Online political participation, civic talk, and media multiplexity: how Taiwanese citizens express political opinions on the Web

Hsieh

2013

Information, Communication & Society

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This study seeks to assess the implications of the social use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for online political participation. Past research investigating the link between ICTs and political participation has emphasized the informational use of ICTs, overlooking their communication-enabling potentials for facilitating political talk in interpersonal spaces and subsequently, political participation in public domains. To understand further how ICTs as a means of communication may relate to political participation, we use data from the 2008 Taiwan Social Change Survey (N = 1076) to examine the relationship between the Internet and online political participation by looking at online media use for social interaction and engagement in civic talk online. Our findings suggest that interpersonal factors such as online civic talk and media multiplexity are positively associated with online political participation. Individuals who discuss politics with their friends via the Internet and those who use more types of online media for social interaction are more likely to contact legislators and elected officials directly via the Web and articulate their political thoughts in online public spaces such as forums, blogs, and websites of news media. We further offer an assessment of the findings' implications for political participation, political communication, and digital inequality.

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“…Conversely, there is an alternative explanation that states that the process of political communication is a “virtuous circle” in which the attention to news media gradually reinforces civic engagement, just as civic engagement strengthens attention to news (Norris, 2000). Indeed, the type of media that are consumed may have differential effects on civic activity or political knowledge (Hooghe, 2002; Jeffres, Dobos, & Lee, 1988; Keum, Devanathan, Deshpande, Nelson, & Shah, 2004; O’Neill, 2009; Prior, 2003; Shah, 1998), but they do enhance civic engagement. Furthermore, the American public may be underinformed rather than uninformed, as the public consists mostly of information generalists rather than information specialists (Delli Carpini & Keeter, 2002).…”

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Local Tv News, Content, and the Bottom Line

Yanich

2013

Journal of Urban Affairs

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This study compares the nature of local stories that were presented on television newscasts across 17 television markets in the United States. It is an extension of the localism research that was conducted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in 2004 and the Local Television News Media Project at the University of Delaware in 2007 and 2009. The focus was on the cost characteristics of the stories that were identified as "local" using the definition adopted by the FCC. I specifically examined those attributes of the stories across the television markets that would affect the cost of presentation to the station-the proverbial bottom line. Those attributes were story type, story placement, story duration, and the presentation mode. What types of stories were covered? What was their duration? Where were they placed in the broadcast? What presentation mechanisms were used to present them to the audience? What were the differences, if any, in these attributes across television markets? What are the implications for public policy and citizenship in local places?

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The media's role in shaping Canadian civic and political engagement

Cited by 10 publications

References 32 publications

Can Facebook Informational Use Foster Adolescent Civic Engagement?

Can Facebook Informational Use Foster Adolescent Civic Engagement?

Online political participation, civic talk, and media multiplexity: how Taiwanese citizens express political opinions on the Web

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