Kids These Days

Examining Differences in Political Uses and Gratifications, Internet Political Participation, Political Information Efficacy, and Cynicism on the Basis of Age

Bibliographic Data

ID3756523
AuthorsRuthann Weaver Lariscy (University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA), Spencer F Tinkham (University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA), Kaye D Sweetser (0000-0001-7429-5890, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA,)
Year2011
Volume55
Issue6
Pages749-764
Publication date2011-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0002764211398091
OpenAlexW2008144508
LanguageEN
Citations received26
References cited23

Using a telephone survey of randomly selected voters from the general population, the authors sought to understand the interrelatedness of the use of the Internet as a political information source with perception of political participation, political information efficacy, and cynicism. Guided by the uses and gratifications theory and employing the Political Media Gratifications Scale, the authors examine these constructs in terms of emergent generational differences. Findings indicate that digital natives differ from their older voting counterparts, and the researchers conclude more research must investigate further to accurate determine meaning

Advertising · Business · Cynicism · Meaning (existential) · Perception · Political communication · Political efficacy · Political science · Politics · Population · Public relations · Social media · Sociology · Telephone survey · The Internet · Uses and gratifications theory · Voting · Voting behavior · Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Law · Psychology · Social Capital and Networks · Social Media and Politics · Social Psychology

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