TY - JOUR
T1 - Antecedents of internal political efficacy incidental news exposure online and the mediating role of political discussion
AU - Ardèvol-Abreu, Alberto
AU - Diehl, Trevor
AU - Gil de Zúñiga, Homero
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2017.
PY - 2019/2/1
Y1 - 2019/2/1
N2 - Internal political efficacy has long been associated with news use and political discussion. Yet, as more people are inadvertently exposed to news and political discussion online, it remains unclear whether incidental news exposure also has a discursive effect on political efficacy. In a two-wave panel study, we applied the O-S-R-O-R model of communication effects to test these relationships. We found that political discussion with weak ties, but not strong ties, is a mediator between incidental news exposure and internal political efficacy.
AB - Internal political efficacy has long been associated with news use and political discussion. Yet, as more people are inadvertently exposed to news and political discussion online, it remains unclear whether incidental news exposure also has a discursive effect on political efficacy. In a two-wave panel study, we applied the O-S-R-O-R model of communication effects to test these relationships. We found that political discussion with weak ties, but not strong ties, is a mediator between incidental news exposure and internal political efficacy.
KW - incidental news exposure
KW - internal political efficacy
KW - network tie strength
KW - news media
KW - political discussion
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U2 - 10.1177/0263395717693251
DO - 10.1177/0263395717693251
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85054266234
SN - 0263-3957
VL - 39
SP - 82
EP - 100
JO - Politics
JF - Politics
IS - 1
ER -