TY - JOUR
T1 - Social Media News Use and Political Cynicism
T2 - Differential Pathways Through “News Finds Me” Perception
AU - Song, Hyunjin
AU - Gil de Zúñiga, Homero
AU - Boomgaarden, Hajo G.
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported and funded by the Platform for Surveys, Methods and Empirical Analyses (PUMA), financed by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the PUMA and Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research.
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PY - 2020/1/2
Y1 - 2020/1/2
N2 - 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.
AB - 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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U2 - 10.1080/15205436.2019.1651867
DO - 10.1080/15205436.2019.1651867
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85071029943
SN - 1520-5436
VL - 23
SP - 47
EP - 70
JO - Mass Communication and Society
JF - Mass Communication and Society
IS - 1
ER -