Connections Between Internet Use and Political Efficacy, Knowledge, and Participation
Title:
Connections Between Internet Use and Political Efficacy, Knowledge, and Participation
Author:
Kenski, Kate Stroud, Natalie Jomini
Appeared in:
Journal of broadcasting & electronic media
Paging:
Volume 50 (2006) nr. 2 pages 173-192
Year:
2006-06-01
Contents:
Using data from the 2000 National Annenberg Election Survey, this study looks at the relationships between Internet access and online exposure to information about the presidential campaign and political efficacy, knowledge, and participation. Results show that Internet access and online exposure to information about the presidential campaign are significantly associated with these important political variables. Several of the associations between Internet access and exposure with political efficacy, knowledge, and participation are detectable even when taking sociodemographic variables, party identification, partisan strength, political interest, and other media exposures variables into account. Although statistically significant, these associations are quite small.
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