Social Media News Use and Political Cynicism: Differential Pathways Through “News Finds Me” Perception

Hyunjin Song; Homero Gil de Zuniga; Hajo Boomgaarden

doi:10.1080/15205436.2019.1651867

Social Media News Use and Political Cynicism: Differential Pathways Through “News Finds Me” Perception

Hyunjin Song, Homero Gil de Zuniga, Hajo Boomgaarden

Institut für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft

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Abstract

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.

Originalsprache	Englisch
Seiten (von - bis)	47-70
Seitenumfang	24
Fachzeitschrift	Mass Communication and Society
Jahrgang	23
Ausgabenummer	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/15205436.2019.1651867
Publikationsstatus	Veröffentlicht - 2 Jan. 2020

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508012 Medienwirkungsforschung

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