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Hoffman, Lindsay. and Thomson, Tiffany. "The Effect of Late-Night TV Comedy Viewing on Adolescents’ Civic Participation: Political Efficacy as a Mediating Mechanism" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, TBA, San Francisco, CA, May 23, 2007 <Not Available>. 2010-01-24 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p171537_index.html>

Hoffman, L. H. and Thomson, T. L. , 2007-05-23 "The Effect of Late-Night TV Comedy Viewing on Adolescents’ Civic Participation: Political Efficacy as a Mediating Mechanism" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, TBA, San Francisco, CA Online <PDF>. 2010-01-24 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p171537_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: Political pundits, parents, and scholars alike have expressed concern about youth attention to late-night political comedy shows, such as The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, suggesting that such viewing is deleterious for an active and efficacious citizenry. At the same time, as civic participation declines among adults, it appears to be growing among adolescents. This study assessed the effects of various types of television viewing on civic participation among high school students in a midwestern U.S. urban school district. Results demonstrate that viewing late-night TV had a positive and significant effect on civic participation, and this relationship was mediated by political efficacy. The same did not hold true for viewing national or local TV news. Moreover, viewing these late-night shows was not correlated with political cynicism—a relationship found in previous studies. Implications for the study of late-night TV content and further applications to the study of political socialization are discussed.

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