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标题：News Platform Preference: Advancing the Effects of Age and Media Consumption on Political Participation
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作者：Ingrid Bachmann ; Kelly Kaufhold ; Seth C. Lewis 等
期刊名称：International Journal of Internet Science
印刷版ISSN：1662-5544
出版年度：2010
卷号：5
期号：1
出版社：University of Zurich
摘要：This study compares the effects of consuming news preference online or offline on political participation. It also examines the variation in these effects between young and older adults. Given that young adults are disproportionately more intensive users of the Internet, Internet use may have varying effects on people's political participation by their age. Secondary analysis of Pew data found that people's preference for consuming news online versus offline explains a significant portion of variance of political participation, both online and offline. More importantly, the effects of online media preference were significantly stronger for young adults than for their older counterparts. These findings suggest that a preference for news online matters far more for younger adultsgap between age groups.
关键词：Age, online news, online political participation, voting