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2 Average political news exposure over time across generations Notes. Estimates are based on the mean exposure to political information in news media within each generation in each panel survey wave. Exposure to political information is estimated by linking the panel survey data to the content analysis (see Chapter 3 for methodological details).
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This book investigates news use patterns among fve diferent generations in a time where digital media create a multi-choice media environment.
The book introduces the EPIG model (Engagement-ParticipationInformation-Generation) to study how diferent generational cohorts’ exposure to political information is related to their political engagement and...
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... Young adults use their understanding of algorithms to opt into receiving civic and political information. Young adults' inclusion on Instagram sharply contrasts discourses about youth's news avoidance or avoidance of traditional news (e.g., Andersen et al., 2021;Eddy, 2022;Toff & Kalogeropoulos, 2020). While we provide support for young adults' digital inclusion in civic and political uses of Instagram, we also document older adults' relative lack of inclusion. ...
... Most importantly, our findings offer new insights into the literature about generational differences in news consumption (Andersen et al., 2021;Boulianne & Shehata, 2022;Karlsen et al., 2020;Toff & Kalogeropoulos, 2020). Other scholarship focuses on traditional media, finding that young adults are consuming lower amounts of news and political information. ...
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... As redes sociais, em comparação com os media tradicionais como os jornais, rádio e televisão, proporcionam uma transmissão de conteúdo político de forma direta, diversificada e relevante (Andersen et al., 2020). Isto é principalmente significativo no caso dos jovens, uma vez que se encontram fortemente presentes nas redes sociais. ...
As redes sociais desempenham um papel central na vida dos jovens. Estas plataformas são espaços de socializa-ção, comunicação, entretenimento e ainda o local eleito pelos jovens para o seu consumo noticioso. Estas permi-tem igualmente novas formas de mobilização e participa-ção política, o que gera novas dinâmicas, oportunidades e desafios. Por um lado, facilitam o acesso à informação, possibilitam um canal direto de comunicação entre elei-tos e eleitores e fornecem um espaço em que todos os cidadãos podem expressar e partilhar ideias livremente. No seu reverso os algoritmos, câmaras de eco e bolhas de filtro incentivam à polarização política e potencializam a intolerância. O presente artigo, recorrendo ao método de scoping re-view, faz o levantamento e expõe os estudos existentes publicados nos últimos anos sobre esta problemática, tal como apresenta uma discussão crítica e propostas de futu-ras investigações que tenham em vista compreender este fenómeno à luz do contexto social e político português.
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... Politics is boring and we can not give information in boring ways, especially recently many of the youth have the ability to choose their future leader and as new voters we can not deny they do not have enough knowledge about politics, therefore they will choose social media for gathering new information. Many political involvements have been transformed, they do not use traditional ways anymore, they change their medium which is in digital (Andersen et al., 2021). Politicians utilize their social media to share their achievement and not their scandal therefore for balance as the citizens we should have given more information about the politicians especially during election or the campaign. ...
... Politicians utilize their social media to share their achievement and not their scandal therefore for balance as the citizens we should have given more information about the politicians especially during election or the campaign. People should pay more attention to political issues and democratic countries upheld the notion of freedom as a basic value for every citizen actively participating in controlling the decisions for public interest (Andersen et al., 2021;Paskarina, 2020). ...
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... First, in a longitudinal perspective, we observe inter-generational trends in the use of online media during election times by addressing the question whether younger generations of Finns have been more likely to turn to online sources during elections than older generations. Second, recognising that not all types of citizens may be equally likely to use online media to become politically informed and involved (see Andersen et al., 2021;Keating & Melis, 2017), we investigate intragenerational differences. Specifically, for each identified generation, we study the impact of resource-and motivation-based factors that drive Finnish citizens to use online media in election times. ...
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... In relation to the societal implications, our study raises several concerns. First, as selective news avoidance predominately seems to be a "trait," characterizing a consistent group of news avoiders, our findings underline the democratic consequences of this audience behavior, as these people will be less likely to engage in politics (Andersen et al., 2021). Given that an increasing number of people avoid news (Gorski & Thomas, 2022), this audience behavior is likely to result in increasing knowledge and participation gaps polarizing the electorate (see Damstra et al., 2023;Van Aelst et al., 2017). ...
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