Kathleen Schmermund

Charles Gibson vs. Jon Stewart

The Battle between Traditional and Nontraditional TV News Media in the Political Socialization of Emerging Adults

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Some critics have been concerned that young adults in the United States are beginning to turn away from traditional sources of political news such as ABC World News in favor of nontraditional programs such as The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. In this study, a random sample of 884 UNC-CH students participated in an online survey that assessed their news consumption habits and political socialization factors such as political knowledge, strength of political opinions, levels of political cynicism, trust, and efficacy, interpersonal communication and political participation. Two clear trends emerged. First, young adults still are using more traditional than nontraditional television news. Comedy shows with political satire were the only nontraditional TV news category to rank in their top five sources of political news. Second, traditional TV news consumption is related to higher political efficacy, while the use of nontraditional news is related to higher political knowledge, opinion holding and activity.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 92
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. September 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 6mm
• Gewicht: 139g
• ISBN-13: 9783838329031
• ISBN-10: 3838329031
• Artikelnr.: 28254664

Autorenporträt

Kathleen Schmermund attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she received her B.A. in Journalism and Mass Communication and Political Science and graduated with honors. She currently is a legislative assistant for a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.