The Reciprocal Effects Between Political Interest and TV News Revisited: Evidence From Four Panel Surveys

2018 ◽  
Vol 96 (2) ◽  
pp. 473-496 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesper Strömbäck ◽  
Adam Shehata
Keyword(s):  
Public Service ◽  
News Media ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Reciprocal Relationship ◽  
Political Interest ◽  
Reciprocal Effects ◽  
Panel Surveys ◽  
Tv News ◽  
News Use

Although research shows that there is a correlation between political interest and news media use, whether there are reciprocal effects between political interest and news media use remain unsettled. To remedy this and go beyond previous research, this study seeks to investigate the reciprocal relationship between political interest and TV news use (a) across elections, (b) across election periods and a nonelection period, and (c) comparing public service and commercial TV news. Using four representative panel surveys, findings show that there is a reciprocal relationship between political interest and watching public service but not commercial TV news.

The Development of Political Interest Among Adolescents: A Communication Mediation Approach Using Five Waves of Panel Data

2017 ◽  
Vol 46 (8) ◽  
pp. 1055-1077 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Shehata ◽  
Erik Amnå
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Panel Data ◽  
News Media ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Panel Study ◽  
Political Interest ◽  
Mediation Model ◽  
Opinion Formation ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Current Affairs

Political interest is one of the most important individual-level predictors of news media use, public opinion formation, and engagement. When, how, and why some citizens develop a strong interest in politics is, however, less clear. This study analyzes the development of political interest during the formative years of adolescence, using a five-wave panel study among Swedish adolescents, covering a period of 4 years. Based on the citizen communication mediation model, we analyze how interest in political and current affairs news among family and friends influence adolescents’ political interest. Taken together, while the findings lend support for several of the hypotheses, mechanisms, and processes derived from the communication mediation model, parents appear more important than peers when it comes to shaping adolescents’ political interest.

scholarly journals Spiral of Political Learning: The Reciprocal Relationship of News Media Use and Political Knowledge Among Adolescents

2015 ◽  
Vol 46 (8) ◽  
pp. 1078-1094 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith Moeller ◽  
Claes de Vreese
Keyword(s):  
News Media ◽  
Political Knowledge ◽  
Reciprocal Relationship ◽  
Panel Survey ◽  
Political Learning ◽  
Reciprocal Influence ◽  
Curve Modeling ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
News Use

This study investigates the dynamics of the reciprocal influence of political knowledge and attentive news use. News media are an important source for political information and contribute to political learning. Yet, this process is optimized with increasing levels of pre-existing knowledge about the political world. In extant literature, mutual interdependence is often suggested, but empirical proof is scarce. We propose to conceptualize the relationship of knowledge and news use as an upward spiral. The model is tested on data from a three-wave panel survey among 888 adolescents using growth curve modeling. The results support the model of a spiral of political learning. Interestingly, the influence of political knowledge on news use is estimated to be higher than the other way round.

scholarly journals Self-Inflicted Deprivation? Quality-as-Sent and Quality-as-Received in German News Media

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 304-320 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Geiß
Keyword(s):  
News Media ◽  
Information Source ◽  
News Coverage ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Online News ◽  
Opinion Formation ◽  
Tv News ◽  
Novel Method ◽  
News Outlet ◽  
News Use

Both the news media and citizens have been blamed for citizens’ lack of political sophistication. Citizens’ information source choices can certainly contribute to suboptimal results of opinion formation when citizens’ media menus feature few, redundant, or poor-quality outlets. How strongly news consumers’ choices affect the quality of information they receive has rarely been investigated, however. The study uses a novel method investigating how content-as-sent translates into content-as-received that is applicable to high-choice information environments. It explores quality-as-sent and quality-as-received in a content analysis that is combined with survey data on news use. This study focuses on ‘selection quality’ measured in terms of scope and balance of subtopic units, information units, and protagonist statements sent/received. Regarding <em>quality-as-sent</em>, the scope of news proves to be lowest in TV news and substantially greater for online news and newspapers; imbalance of coverage varies only moderately between outlets. As for <em>quality-as-received, </em>the scope citizens received was only a small fraction of what the news outlets provided in combination or what the highest-quality news outlet provided, but was close to what one average news outlet provided. There was substantial stratification in the extent to which news coverage quality materializes at the recipient level. Scope-as-received grew mainly with using more news, relatively independent of which specific news outlets were used. Imbalance-as-received, however, was a function of the use of specific outlet types and specific outlets rather than the general extent of news use. Using additional news media improved the quality-as-received, invalidating the notion that different news outlets merely provide “more of the same.”

Local, Network TV News Shows Significant Gains

2003 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 114-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula M. Poindexter ◽  
Mike Conway
Keyword(s):  
News Media ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Local Network ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Tv News

This study found that the use of local TV news and network TV news increased significantly in the weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks, but readership of newspapers and news on the Internet did not. Five months after the attacks 41 percent of respondents said their news media use had increased.

The development and application of new media technology in news communication industry

2021 ◽  
pp. 002072092199659
Author(s):  
Hong Guo
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Data Storage ◽  
News Media ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Information Storage ◽  
Media Technology ◽  
Communication Industry ◽  
Media Technologies ◽  
Tv News ◽  
New Media Technologies

Many new media technologies have emerged in modern society. The application of new media technologies has impacted traditional TV news media, which not only faces great challenges, but also brings some lessons for the development of TV news media. New media technology relies on powerful information processing technology and data storage technology to develop and grow continuously. Compared with traditional news, new media technology has more powerful information storage capacity and dissemination capacity. Firstly, this paper briefly introduces the concept of new media technology, summarizes the typical characteristics of new media technology, and analyzes the existing problems in the application of new media technology in the news communication industry based on the necessity of applying new media technology. Finally, some Suggestions are put forward based on this, hoping to provide some reference for the development of news communication industry.

News use and political socialization among young Jordanians

2011 ◽  
Vol 73 (8) ◽  
pp. 706-731 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justin D Martin
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Text Messaging ◽  
Political Socialization ◽  
Political Trust ◽  
Tv News ◽  
The Us ◽  
Us Government ◽  
Current Events ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
News Use

This study examined the relationship between young Jordanians' ( N = 321) news use and their feelings toward the Jordanian and US governments. Consumption of traditional news delivery formats (such as print newspapers, radio broadcasts and interpersonal sources) was measured, as was reliance on new media formats such as blogs, text messaging and podcasting. Political socialization measures were indices of political trust and appraisals of the US government. Results suggest that young Jordanians in the sample rely mostly on TV news, newspapers and interpersonal contacts for current events information, and that TV news use and reliance on interpersonal sources were associated with negative views of the US government.

Perceived agenda-setting effect in international context: Impact of media coverage on American audience’s perception of China

2020 ◽  
pp. 174804852098402
Author(s):  
Linsen Su ◽  
Xigen Li
Keyword(s):  
Agenda Setting ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Cognitive Process ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Political Interest ◽  
Direct Experience ◽  
International Context ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Comparison Approach ◽  
The Individual

Different from the conventional content-survey result comparison approach in agenda-setting research, which compares media agenda and public agenda at the aggregated level, this study investigates the perceived agenda-setting effect of media at the individual level in an international context. A survey of American respondents (N = 848) identifies perceived agenda-setting effect from individuals’ cognitive process, and finds that the U.S. audience are aware that their perception of China is shaped by media coverage of China-related topics. The study finds that media use, political interest in China, and media trust positively predict perceived agenda-setting effect, while direct experience with China produces no effect. The study also confirms the effect of media use on perceived agenda-setting effect mediated by political interest.

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