Titel
The Proliferation of the “News Finds Me” Perception Across Societies
Autor*in
Nadine Strauss
University of Oxford
Abstract
Today, people are exposed to vast information flows while online or on social media. This abundance has led some people to believe that they no longer have to actively seek the news to be well informed about public affairs and that important news will find them through social media or other online channels. Recently, academics have offered a first theoretical account, capturing this belief as the “news finds me” perception (NFM). Initial studies have been conducted in the U.S. and Austria, indicating deleterious effects between NFM and both traditional news use and political predispositions and behaviors. This study seeks to expand this line of research, exploring the proliferation of NFM in 10 societies around the world. Findings give further insights into the degree of NFM proliferation in diverse contexts. Across societies, NFM is associated with age, social media news use, and other meaningful democratic variables such as political interest, political knowledge, and voting behavior.
Stichwort
news finds me perceptionsocial media news usepolitical interestpolitical knowledgevotingcomparative research
Objekt-Typ
Sprache
Englisch [eng]
Persistent identifier
Erschienen in
Titel
International Journal of Communication
Band
14
ISSN
1932-8036
Erscheinungsdatum
2020
Publication
USC Annenberg Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2020
Zugänglichkeit
Rechte
Rechteangabe
© 2020 (Homero Gil de Zúñiga, Nadine Strauss, and Brigitte Huber)
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