TY - JOUR
T1 - Examining the relationship between media use and political engagement
T2 - A comparative study among the United States, Kenya, and Nigeria
AU - Adegbola, Oluseyi
AU - Gearhart, Sherice
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 (Oluseyi Adegbola and Sherice Gearhart).
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Given the growing use of and dependency that individuals have on media, the relationship between media use and political engagement has been a subject of study among scholars across nations. The current study expands this line of research using a secondary analysis of a worldwide survey (N = 1,775) collected by Pew Research to examine antecedents of political engagement in three nations: the United States, Kenya, and Nigeria. This study examines country-specific differences in how views on national politics and media use differently relate to political engagement. Results identify differences in the effects of traditional and new media use on political engagement between countries. Specifically, accessing news from social media and online news platforms is related to higher levels of political participation across countries. However, the influence of positive perceptions of the economy on political participation is found to differ in each nation. Implications for research on media use and political behavior across countries varying in democratization are discussed.
AB - Given the growing use of and dependency that individuals have on media, the relationship between media use and political engagement has been a subject of study among scholars across nations. The current study expands this line of research using a secondary analysis of a worldwide survey (N = 1,775) collected by Pew Research to examine antecedents of political engagement in three nations: the United States, Kenya, and Nigeria. This study examines country-specific differences in how views on national politics and media use differently relate to political engagement. Results identify differences in the effects of traditional and new media use on political engagement between countries. Specifically, accessing news from social media and online news platforms is related to higher levels of political participation across countries. However, the influence of positive perceptions of the economy on political participation is found to differ in each nation. Implications for research on media use and political behavior across countries varying in democratization are discussed.
KW - Kenya
KW - Media use
KW - Nigeria
KW - Political engagement
KW - United States
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85068127732&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85068127732
VL - 13
SP - 1231
EP - 1251
JO - International Journal of Communication
JF - International Journal of Communication
SN - 1932-8036
ER -