Titel
Social Media News Use and Political Cynicism: Differential Pathways Through “News Finds Me” Perception
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Abstract
As citizens inadvertently “encounter” news and political information through digital media and social networking sites, they might perceive themselves to be well informed about politics without actively seeking political information, which has been labeled as the “News Finds Me” (NFM) perception. We attempt to explicate and further advance the conceptualization and corresponding measurement of “News Finds Me” perception. Using a nationally representative survey conducted in Austria, our analysis shows that social media news use may contribute to cynicism towards politics, and that such a relationship is critically mediated through NFM perceptions, but to a differential degree depending on specific sub-dimensions of NFM perceptions.
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Sprache
Englisch [eng]
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Titel
Mass Communication and Society
Seitenanfang
1
Seitenende
24
Publication
Informa UK Limited
Erscheinungsdatum
2019
Zugänglichkeit
Rechteangabe
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