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Title: | Navigating High-choice European Political Information Environments: A Comparative Analysis of News User Profiles and Political Knowledge |
Author: | Castro, Laia Strömbäck, Jesper Esser, Frank Van Aelst, Peter de Vreese, Claes Aalberg, Toril Cardenal, Ana S. Corbu, Nicoleta Hopmann, David Nicolas Koc-Michalska, Karolina Matthes, Jörg Schemer, Christian Sheafer, Tamir Splendore, Sergio Stanyer, James Stepinska, Agnieszka Stetka, Vaclav Theocharis, Yannis |
Others: | Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) University of Gothenburg University of Zurich University of Antwerp University of Amsterdam Norwegian University of Science and Technology National University of Political Studies and Public Administration University of Southern Denmark University of Vienna Hebrew University of Jerusalem Adam Mickiewicz University Loughborough University Technical University of Munich Università degli Studi di Milano University of Silesia Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz Audencia Business School |
Citation: | Castro, L., Strömbäck, J., Esser, F., Van Aelst, P., de Vreese, C., Aalberg, T., Cardenal, A. S., Corbu, N., Hopmann, D. N., Koc-Michalska, K., Matthes, J., Schemer, C., Sheafer, T., Splendore, S., Stanyer, J., St¿pi¿ska, A., ¿t¿tka, V., & Theocharis, Y. (2021). Navigating High-choice European Political Information Environments: A Comparative Analysis of News User Profiles and Political Knowledge. The International Journal of Press/Politics. https://doi.org/10.1177/19401612211012572 |
Abstract: | The transition from low- to high-choice media environments has had far-reaching implications for citizens' media use and its relationship with political knowledge. However, there is still a lack of comparative research on how citizens combine the usage of different media and how that is related to political knowledge. To fill this void, we use a unique cross-national survey about the online and offline media use habits of more than 28,000 individuals in 17 European countries. Our aim is to (i) profile different types of news consumers and (ii) understand how each user profile is linked to political knowledge acquisition. Our results show that five user profiles - news minimalists, social media news users, traditionalists, online news seekers, and hyper news consumers - can be identified, although the prevalence of these profiles varies across countries. Findings further show that both traditional and online-based news diets are correlated with higher political knowledge. However, online-based news use is more widespread in Southern Europe, where it is associated with lower levels of political knowledge than in Northern Europe. By focusing on news audiences, this study provides a comprehensive and fine-grained analysis of how contemporary European political information environments perform and contribute to an informed citizenry. |
Keywords: | news media use political knowledge news repertoires cross-national comparative research |
DOI: | 10.1177/19401612211012572 |
Document type: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Issue Date: | 11-May-2021 |
Publication license: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ |
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