The Relationship between Adolescents' News Media Use and Civic Engagement: The Indirect Effect of Interpersonal Communication with Parents

Autor/inn/en	Boyd, Michelle J.; Zaff, Jonathan F.; Phelps, Erin; Weiner, Michelle B.; Lerner, Richard M.
Titel	The Relationship between Adolescents' News Media Use and Civic Engagement: The Indirect Effect of Interpersonal Communication with Parents
Quelle	In: Journal of Adolescence, 34 (2011) 6, S.1167-1179 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0140-1971
DOI	10.1016/j.adolescence.2011.07.004
Schlagwörter	Neighborhoods; Interpersonal Communication; Structural Equation Models; Citizenship Education; Adolescents; News Media; Longitudinal Studies; Citizen Participation; Prediction; Grade 8; Grade 9; Grade 10; Politics; Comparative Analysis; Role; Socialization + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Neighbourhoods; Nachbarschaft; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Nachrichtenwesen; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; Vorhersage; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; Politik; Rollen; Socialisation; Sozialisation
Abstract	Using data from the 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development, a longitudinal study involving U.S. adolescents, multi-group structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to evaluate whether news media use is predictive of a set of civic indicators (civic duty, civic efficacy, neighborhood social connection, and civic participation) for youth in Grades 8, 9, and 10, via an indirect effect of interpersonal communication about politics with parents. The proposed model had a good fit within each grade. News media use was predictive of interpersonal communication with parents and in turn, interpersonal communication was predictive of civic duty, civic efficacy, neighborhood social connection, and civic participation. The cross-group comparison of the structural model suggests that the predictive qualities of news media use and interpersonal communication are comparable across grades. The role of media use and interpersonal communication in fostering civic development and socialization as well as implications for future research are discussed. (Contains 3 figures and 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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