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Online news, civic awareness, and engagement in civic and political life

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dc.contributor.authorBoulianne, Shelley
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-06
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-27T01:14:41Z
dc.date.available2022-05-27T01:14:41Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractThe Internet has transformed access to the news with most citizens in western democracies having access at their fingertips. This study examines how youth consume news online highlighting news consumption through social networking sites and other online sources. This study uses two-wave longitudinal survey data of young people to examine how online news affects civic awareness and engagement in civic and political life. The findings suggest that online news will have minimal direct effect on civic and political engagement. Instead, the effects of online news are indirect. Online news increases civic awareness, which indirectly affects engagement. The indirect effects of online news are more pronounced for voting and boycotting, compared to signing petitions. Online news may be able to address participation inequalities between younger and older citizens by building civic awareness among youth and indirectly, affecting participation in civic and political life.
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dc.identifier.citationBoulianne, Shelley. "Online News, Civic Awareness, and Engagement in Civic and Political Life." New Media & Society, November 26, 2015. Web. 6 Jan. 2016.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1177/1461444815616222
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14078/447
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAll Rights Reserved
dc.subjectsocial networking sites
dc.subjectcivic participation
dc.subjectpolitical engagement
dc.subjectyouth
dc.subjectonline news
dc.titleOnline news, civic awareness, and engagement in civic and political lifeen
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