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News Information Processing as Mediator of the Relationship between Motivations and Political Knowledge
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The cognitive mediation model of learning from the news proposes that motivations for news use influence the processing to which the news information is put, and that this processing is the proximal determinant of learning as mentioned in this paper.Abstract:
The cognitive mediation model of learning from the news proposes that motivations for news use influence the processing to which the news information is put, and that this processing is the proximal determinant of learning. The role of motivations in learning from the news, then, is indirect through information processing. Secondary analysis of data indicate substantial support for the model. The relationship between motivations and knowledge was reduced by the introduction of the mediating cognitive variables, news attention, and news elaboration. Both attention and elaboration were significantly related to knowledge, even after controlling all other variables in the model.read more
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The Effect of Political Discussion in Producing Informed Citizens: The Roles of Information, Motivation, and Elaboration
TL;DR: This article proposed three explanations for the observed empirical relationship between political discussion and political knowledge: exposure, anticipatory elaboration, and discussion-generated elaboration (focusing on how discussion itself can influence information processing).
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Information Sufficiency and Risk Communication
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The Mediating Role of Knowledge and Efficacy in the Effects of Communication on Political Participation
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Mobilizers Mobilized: Information, Expression, Mobilization and Participation in the Digital Age
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Assessing Causality in the Cognitive Mediation Model A Panel Study of Motivations, Information Processing, and Learning During Campaign 2000
TL;DR: Panel analyses found that most of the causal relationships predicted by the “cognitive mediation model” are mutually causal, and future research should consider the reciprocal nature of relationships between information processing and knowledge, particularly as it relates to the study of the knowledge gap hypothesis.
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