Age and the effects of news media attention and social media use on political interest and participation: Do social media function as leveller?

This article investigates how media use differs across age groups- and whether this matters for people’s inclination to participate politically. More specifically, the study investigates the impact of social media use for political purposes and of attention to political news in traditional media, on...

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Published in:European journal of communication (London) 2013-02, Vol.28 (1), p.19-34
Main Authors: Holt, Kristoffer, Shehata, Adam, Strömbäck, Jesper, Ljungberg, Elisabet
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age differences
Age factors
Age groups
Attention
Citizen participation
Communication
Elections
Electoral campaigning
Information technology
Mass media effects
Media
Media Studies and Journalism
Media use
Medievetenskap och journalistik
Motivation
National elections
News
News media
Participation
Political aspects
Political behavior
Political campaigns
Political participation
Politics
Social function
Social media
Social networks
Social participation
Sweden
Use
young citizens
Youth and politics
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