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News Media Consumption and Political Behavior in Latin America
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Abstract News media are an important factor in any democratic society. Research focused on developed democracies has paved the way for analysis in the context of less well-developed democracies. The project endeavors to continue that investigation into whether and how news media consumption affects democrati... view more
News media are an important factor in any democratic society. Research focused on developed democracies has paved the way for analysis in the context of less well-developed democracies. The project endeavors to continue that investigation into whether and how news media consumption affects democratic behavior among individuals in a region comprised of developing democracies: Latin America. Employing rich survey data available from the 2008 Latin American Public Opinion Project, traditional analyses are used to test one of the most basic questions for political communication researchers: Does news media consumption motivate or depress political participation? The results indicate that, on average, news media mobilize political participation, albeit to different degrees per medium and participation type. This seems to happen because those media socialize Latin Americans to value political participation. (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
media consumption; mass media; news; media behavior; democracy; democratic behavior; political attitude; political participation; political interest; Latin America
Classification
Impact Research, Recipient Research
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Mass Communication
Document language
English
Publication Year
2015
Page/Pages
p. 71-98
Journal
Journal of Politics in Latin America, 7 (2015) 2
ISSN
1868-4890
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed