Surfing a global wave
Table 15. Hierarchical regression analysis of culture, age, education, news use, and
political affiliation, leisure activities, work life and family life as identifiers on seeking
news about political affiliation, leisure activities, work life and family life.
Blocks of independent variables
Seek news
about politics
(Std. beta)
Seek news
about leisure
activities
(Std. beta)
Seek news
about work
life
(Std. beta)
Seek news about family life
(Std. beta)
1. Culture*
- Collectivistic
-.04
.04
.08
.05
2. Age**
.08
-.16
b
-.04
-.13
a
3. Education
.06
.00
.07
-.08
4. News use***
- Television news
.04
-.02
-.01
.02
- Radio news
.06
-.03
-.01
.01
- News magazines
.08
.01
.10
a
-.01
- Newspapers
-.02
-.07
.01
-.07
- Online News
.12
b
-.01
.12
b
-.07
5. Political affiliation as an
identifier****
.33
c
--
--
--
6. Leisure activity as an
identifier*****
--
.26
c
--
--
7. Work life as an
identifier******
--
--
.31
c
--
8. Family life as an
identifier*******
--
--
--
.29
c
Total R
2
.17
.14
.14
.12
a
p<.05;
b
p<.01;
c
p<.001
*R
2
change for seek news about work life=.01
a
**R
2
change for seek news about politics=.02
b
; seek news about leisure activities=.07
c
; seek news about family
life=.03
c
***R
2
change for seek news about politics=.02
b
; seek news about work life=.03
a
****R
2
change for seek news about politics=.03
c
*****R
2
change for seek news about leisure activity=.06
c
******R
2
change for seek news about work life=.09
c
*******R
2
change for seek news about family life=.08
c
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