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Community, Communication, and Participation: The Role of Mass Media and Interpersonal Discussion in Local Political Participation
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This paper examined the role of community integration and mass and interpersonal communication in predicting two types of local political participation; more conventional, "institutionalized" acts of participation and less traditional acts of participating and speaking out in a forum.Abstract:
This study examines the role of community integration and mass and interpersonal communication in predicting two types of local political participation; more conventional, "institutionalized" acts of participation and less traditional acts of participating and speaking out in a forum. An analysis of survey data (N = 389) showed a strong role of newspaper readership and a somewhat lower impact of interpersonal discussion on institutionalized participation. Different patterns emerged for participation in a civic forum, with interpersonal discussion having the strongest impact of the three communication variables. Television news use had no direct impact on either type of participation, but it did have a modest indirect impact on institutionalized participation. The data also showed direct effects of dimensions of community integration for participation in a forum only. Orientations toward the larger community rather than the local neighborhood were positively related to participating in a civic forum.read more
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Social Media Use for News and Individuals' Social Capital, Civic Engagement and Political Participation
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Voice and Equality: Civic Voluntarism in American Politics
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors define political participation as "how much? about what?" and "who participates" and "race, ethnicity, and gender" in the context of political participation.
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The Civic Culture: Political Attitudes and Democracy in Five Nations.
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Participation and democratic theory
TL;DR: In this article, the sence of political efficacy and participation in the workplace is discussed. But it is not discussed in detail, and the authors do not discuss the role of workers' self-management in this process.