Media Usage and Civic Life: The Role of Values
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Firat, Rengin Bahar
Abstract / Description
Previous research has observed that media usage influences civic outcomes, including trust and political behavior. However, this research has rarely examined the social psychological mechanisms underlying the relationship between media and civic life. The current study focuses on values as potential explanations for how media usage impacts civic engagement. Using data from Round 5 of the European Social Survey (2010) and employing two-level structural equation modeling, this paper examines whether entertainment TV watching, political TV watching and Internet use are related to civic life outcomes measured by social trust, voting, and non-traditional political participation through two value dimensions: openness to change vs. conservation and self-transcendence vs. self-enhancement. Results showed that media usage was associated with values, which in turn accounted for a small portion of the effects of media on civic engagement. This study identifies a significant factor contextualizing the relationship between media and civic life that has thus far been overlooked in studies of civic life or political behavior.
Keyword(s)
media values civic engagement trust political participationPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2014-06-26
Journal title
Journal of Social and Political Psychology
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2
Issue
1
Page numbers
117–142
Publisher
PsychOpen GOLD
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peerReviewed
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Firat, R. B. (2014). Media Usage and Civic Life: The Role of Values. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 2(1), 117–142. https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.v2i1.113
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Firat, Rengin Bahar
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Date of first publication2014-06-26
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Abstract / DescriptionPrevious research has observed that media usage influences civic outcomes, including trust and political behavior. However, this research has rarely examined the social psychological mechanisms underlying the relationship between media and civic life. The current study focuses on values as potential explanations for how media usage impacts civic engagement. Using data from Round 5 of the European Social Survey (2010) and employing two-level structural equation modeling, this paper examines whether entertainment TV watching, political TV watching and Internet use are related to civic life outcomes measured by social trust, voting, and non-traditional political participation through two value dimensions: openness to change vs. conservation and self-transcendence vs. self-enhancement. Results showed that media usage was associated with values, which in turn accounted for a small portion of the effects of media on civic engagement. This study identifies a significant factor contextualizing the relationship between media and civic life that has thus far been overlooked in studies of civic life or political behavior.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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Review statuspeerReviewed
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CitationFirat, R. B. (2014). Media Usage and Civic Life: The Role of Values. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 2(1), 117–142. https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.v2i1.113en_US
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ISSN2195-3325
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1324
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.1772
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychOpen GOLD
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.v2i1.113
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Keyword(s)mediaen_US
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Keyword(s)valuesen_US
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Keyword(s)civic engagementen_US
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Keyword(s)trusten_US
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Keyword(s)political participationen_US
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleMedia Usage and Civic Life: The Role of Valuesen_US
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DRO typearticle
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Issue1
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Journal titleJournal of Social and Political Psychology
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Page numbers117–142
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Volume2
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