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Fleming, Kenneth. and Thorson, Esther. "The Joint Effects of Interest in Neighborhood & Community Issues & Interpersonal Communication on the Relationship Between Local Media Use & Sources of Social Capital" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Dresden International Congress Centre, Dresden, Germany, Jun 16, 2006 <Not Available>. 2009-05-25 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p91830_index.html>

Fleming, K. and Thorson, E. , 2006-06-16 "The Joint Effects of Interest in Neighborhood & Community Issues & Interpersonal Communication on the Relationship Between Local Media Use & Sources of Social Capital" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Dresden International Congress Centre, Dresden, Germany Online <PDF>. 2009-05-25 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p91830_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: Abstract This study explores the mechanisms that better explain the relationship between mass media and sources of social capital than what has been accomplished in previous research. We examine the effects of local news media, informational use of the Internet, and entertainment media use on sources of social capital, along with interest in neighborhood and community issues and interpersonal communication. Hierarchical regression analyses of a telephone survey data (n=546) show that the influence of local news media on sources of social capital was best reflected in their links to interest and interpersonal communication. In other words, the effects of local newspaper and television news on sources of social capital were mediated by interest in neighborhood and community issues and interpersonal communication. Searching information via the Internet was positively related to associational membership, even after controls of demographic and structural variables, interest, and interpersonal communication, whereas entertainment media use was not a predictor at all. The findings then suggest that use of local news media works through the values of self-interest in neighborhood and community issues and interpersonal communication to influence sources of social capital at the individual level.

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