Online and (the feeling of being) informed: Online news usage patterns and their relation to subjective and objective political knowledge.
As online news today is an important source of political information and available in vast quantities, understanding its use and its impact on citizens' political knowledge is vital. The aim of the present study is to identify different usage patterns of online news and their relation to individuall...
| Publicado en: | Computers in Human Behavior Vol. 103; pp. 181 - 190 |
|---|---|
| Autores principales: | , , |
| Formato: | Artículo |
| Publicado: |
Elsevier B.V.
Feb2020
|
| Materias: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |
| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=141490727&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 141490727 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 07475632 JC4 jtl: Computers in Human Behavior issn: 07475632 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Feb2020 vid: 103 pid: 2410 pub: Elsevier B.V. artinfo: ui: 141490727 10.1016/j.chb.2019.08.008 ppf: 181 ppct: 9 formats: tig: atl: Online and (the feeling of being) informed: Online news usage patterns and their relation to subjective and objective political knowledge. aug: au: Leonhard, Larissa Karnowski, Veronika Kümpel, Anna Sophie affil: Institute of Communication and Media Studies, University of Leipzig, Nikolaistr. 27-29, 04109, Leipzig, Germany Department of Communication and Media Research, LMU Munich, Oettingenstr. 67, 80538, Munich, Germany su: Germany Facebook (Web resource) Habit Intellect Motivation (Psychology) Practical politics Press Social media High performance computing Latent structure analysis Surveys sug: subj: Habit Intellect Motivation (Psychology) Practical politics Press Social media Germany News Syndicates High performance computing Latent structure analysis Surveys Facebook (Web resource) keyword: Illusion of knowing Latent class analysis (LCA) Online news Political knowledge Illusion of knowing Latent class analysis (LCA) Online news Political knowledge ab: As online news today is an important source of political information and available in vast quantities, understanding its use and its impact on citizens' political knowledge is vital. The aim of the present study is to identify different usage patterns of online news and their relation to individually perceived (i.e., subjective) and actually measurable (i.e., objective) political knowledge. To do so, we conducted an online survey of German online news users (n = 396), investigating characteristics of their online news usage as well as their subjective and objective political knowledge. Latent class analysis revealed six distinct usage patterns, of which a usage pattern drawing heavily on social media and push accesses as a source of news (e.g., Facebook newsfeed, email newsletter) and being rather highly driven by entertainment needs has been found to be associated with an overestimation of one's own political knowledge (illusion of knowing). The potential negative implications of such an illusion of knowing are discussed against the backdrop of the democratic ideal of informed citizens. • Six online news usage patterns identified. • Identification based on motivations, news habits, and navigational styles. • Usage pattern drawing heavily on push accesses accompanied by illusion of knowing. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
|---|