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Testing the Knowledge Gap Hypothesis in South Korea: Traditional News Media, the Internet, and Political Learning |
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Analyzing data from a survey of South Korean respondents, this study explores the role of news media in informing the audience about politics. In particular, it is examined whether different forms of news media function to increase the gap in political knowledge between socioeconomic classes. Consistent with findings in the United States, newspaper reading was positively related to political learning. Use of political websites also indicated a small learning effect. Data supported the knowledge gap hypothesis. There was a significant gap in political knowledge between highly and less-educated South Koreans. More importantly, the gap was even greater among heavy users of newspapers and political websites, suggesting that these news media may function to increase the gap between classes. |
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Name: International Communication Association
URL: http://www.icahdq.org
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| Kim, Sei-Hill. "Testing the Knowledge Gap Hypothesis in South Korea: Traditional News Media, the Internet, and Political Learning" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, TBA, San Francisco, CA, May 23, 2007 <Not Available>. 2008-12-11 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p168519_index.html> |
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| Kim, S. , 2007-05-23 "Testing the Knowledge Gap Hypothesis in South Korea: Traditional News Media, the Internet, and Political Learning" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, TBA, San Francisco, CA Online <PDF>. 2008-12-11 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p168519_index.html |
Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Abstract: Analyzing data from a survey of South Korean respondents, this study explores the role of news media in informing the audience about politics. In particular, it is examined whether different forms of news media function to increase the gap in political knowledge between socioeconomic classes. Consistent with findings in the United States, newspaper reading was positively related to political learning. Use of political websites also indicated a small learning effect. Data supported the knowledge gap hypothesis. There was a significant gap in political knowledge between highly and less-educated South Koreans. More importantly, the gap was even greater among heavy users of newspapers and political websites, suggesting that these news media may function to increase the gap between classes. |
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| Testing the Knowledge Gap Hypothesis 1 Testing the Knowledge Gap Hypothesis in South Korea: Traditional News Media The Internet and Political Learning News media play an important role as an information source from which citizens learn about public affairs. This informational function is important in a number of respects most importantly the strong link between levels of political knowledge and participation in various civic activities (Rosenstone & Hansen 1993; Verba Schlozman & Brady 1995). Political learning also allows citizens |
| for Public Opinion Research. 5 The last presidential election was in December 2002. 6 These low mean scores on Internet use measures are attributed in part to the large number of respondents who did not use the Internet at all (N = 135 or 35.7 percent). On the three Internet use questions the value 0 (“never” on a six-point scale) was assigned to these non-users of the Internet. 7 Korean Statistical Information System (http://kosis.nso.go.kr) 8 In 2002 about 83 |
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