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The News Media in Children's Political Socialization |
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| Authors: | CONWAY M MARGARET; WYCKOFF MIKEL L; FELDBAUM ELEANOR; AHERN DAVID |
| Institution: | M. Margaret Conway is an Associate Professor of Government and Politics, University of Maryl Mikel L. Wyckoff is an Associate Study Director with Market Facts, Inc.—Washington Eleanor Feldbaum is a Senior Scientist with The Analytic Sciences Corporation David Ahern is an Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Dayton |
| Abstract: | The research reported examines the impact of the news mediaas an agent of political socialization on children's politicalknowledge, their attitudes toward political parties and electoralsystems, and their activities relative to politics. Childrennews media use and level of political knowledge function asprimary sources of causal effects for each other. They are consistentlymore important in their effects on the attitudes and types ofparticipation studied in this research than are the parentaland educational system socialization indicators or the structuralvariables of grade and gender. |
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