Mobile News Consumption and Its Relation to Young Adults' Knowledge About and Participation in Referendums

Vogler, Daniel; Weston, Morley; Ryffel, Quirin; Rauchfleisch, Adrian; Jürgens, Pascal; Eisenegger, Mark; Schwaiger, Lisa; Christen, Urs

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dc.contributor.author	Vogler, Daniel	de
dc.contributor.author	Weston, Morley	de
dc.contributor.author	Ryffel, Quirin	de
dc.contributor.author	Rauchfleisch, Adrian	de
dc.contributor.author	Jürgens, Pascal	de
dc.contributor.author	Eisenegger, Mark	de
dc.contributor.author	Schwaiger, Lisa	de
dc.contributor.author	Christen, Urs	de
dc.date.accessioned	2023-07-28T08:15:06Z
dc.date.available	2023-07-28T08:15:06Z
dc.date.issued	2023	de
dc.identifier.issn	2183-2439	de
dc.identifier.uri	https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/88070
dc.description.abstract	The news media are among the most important sources of information about political events, such as referendums. For young adults, the smartphone has become the main device for accessing news. However, we know little about the factors influencing mobile news consumption and how this consumption is related to political knowledge and political participation. This study investigates the antecedents of young individuals’ smartphone news consumption and how it is correlated with their knowledge about and participation in two referendums in Switzerland. We record the mobile internet usage of 309 young adults and link their digital trace data to survey data. We show that trust in news media and the use of broadcast media are positively correlated with the duration of mobile news consumption. The use of social media leads to more news source diversity. However, we find that the duration of mobile news consumption and news source diversity are not correlated with political knowledge about or participation in the referendum. As interest in politics is also positively correlated with the diversity of news sources used by individual participants, our study supports the idea that attentive audiences use a broader range of news sources to inform themselves about referendums.	de
dc.language	en	de
dc.subject.ddc	Publizistische Medien, Journalismus,Verlagswesen	de
dc.subject.ddc	News media, journalism, publishing	en
dc.subject.ddc	Politikwissenschaft	de
dc.subject.ddc	Political science	en
dc.subject.other	mobile news consumption; news media; political knowledge	de
dc.title	Mobile News Consumption and Its Relation to Young Adults' Knowledge About and Participation in Referendums	de
dc.description.review	begutachtet (peer reviewed)	de
dc.description.review	peer reviewed	en
dc.identifier.url	https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/6029/3057	de
dc.source.journal	Media and Communication
dc.source.volume	11	de
dc.publisher.country	PRT	de
dc.source.issue	1	de
dc.subject.classoz	interaktive, elektronische Medien	de
dc.subject.classoz	Interactive, electronic Media	en
dc.subject.classoz	politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur	de
dc.subject.classoz	Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture	en
dc.subject.classoz	Rundfunk, Telekommunikation	de
dc.subject.classoz	Broadcasting, Telecommunication	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Nachrichten	de
dc.subject.thesoz	news	en
dc.subject.thesoz	junger Erwachsener	de
dc.subject.thesoz	young adult	en
dc.subject.thesoz	politische Partizipation	de
dc.subject.thesoz	political participation	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Volksentscheid	de
dc.subject.thesoz	referendum	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Medienkonsum	de
dc.subject.thesoz	media consumption	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Mobiltelefon	de
dc.subject.thesoz	cell phone	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Internet	de
dc.subject.thesoz	Internet	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Soziale Medien	de
dc.subject.thesoz	social media	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Rundfunk	de
dc.subject.thesoz	broadcasting	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Wahlverhalten	de
dc.subject.thesoz	voting behavior	en
dc.rights.licence	Creative Commons - Namensnennung 4.0	de
dc.rights.licence	Creative Commons - Attribution 4.0	en
internal.status	formal und inhaltlich fertig erschlossen	de
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dc.type.stock	article	de
dc.type.document	Zeitschriftenartikel	de
dc.type.document	journal article	en
dc.source.pageinfo	6-18	de
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internal.identifier.journal	793
internal.identifier.document	32
internal.identifier.ddc	070
internal.identifier.ddc	320
dc.source.issuetopic	Referendum Campaigns in the Digital Age	de
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v11i1.6029	de
dc.description.pubstatus	Veröffentlichungsversion	de
dc.description.pubstatus	Published Version	en
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internal.dda.reference	https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/oai/@@oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/6029
ssoar.urn.registration	false	de

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