Affiliation:
1. University of Florida
2. University of Colorado
Abstract
This study examines the role of agenda setting in affecting voter turnout using panel data of adolescents in Arizona, Florida, and Colorado from 2002 and 2004. Specifically, a model is developed probing the multiple influences of interactive civic instruction, media attention, and discussion on the following sequence of outcomes: perceived issue importance, opinion strength, political ideology, and finally voter turnout. The results suggest that agenda setting serves as a critical intrinsic process in political socialization contributing to the crystallization of political predispositions, which lead to electoral participation. The implications of the findings are discussed.
Subject
Linguistics and Language,Language and Linguistics,Communication
Reference80 articles.
1. The Impact of Attitudes toward Foreign Policy Goals on Public Preferences among Presidential Candidates: A Study of Issue Publics and the Attentive Public in the 2000 U.S. Presidential Election
2. Asher, H. (1983). Voting behavior research in the 1980s: An examination of some old and new problem areas. In A. Finifter (Ed.), Political science: The state of the discipline (pp. 339-388). Washington, DC: American Political Science Association .
3. Anticipated Communication and Mass Media Information-Seeking
4. Television News and Political Socialization
5. Bennett, S.E. (2000). Political apathy and avoidance of news media among Generations X and Y: America's continuing problem. In S. Mann & J. J. Patrick (Eds.), Education for civic engagement in democracy: Service learning and other practices (pp. 1-181). Bloomington, IN: ERIC Clearinghouse for Social Studies /Science Education.
Cited by
47 articles.
订阅此论文施引文献
订阅此论文施引文献，注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献，订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献