Technical Skills Required: How Technological Efficacy Influences Online Political Behavior

Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 484-502

  Hoffman, Lindsay H ^a   Schechter, Amanda L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b Advisory Board Company   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 84984939499     PISSN: 08838151     EISSN: 15506878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08838151.2016.1203321     Document Type: Article

References (54)

1. P.Abramson, & J.Aldrich, (1982). The decline of electoral participation in America. American Political Science Review, 76, 502–521.
2. A.Acock, H.D.Clarke, & M.C.Stewart, (1985). A new model for old measures:A covariance structure analysis of political efficacy. The Journal of Politics, 47, 1062–1084.
3. A.Bandura, (1994). Self-efficacy. In V.S.Ramachaudran (Ed.), Encyclopedia of human behavior (pp. 71–81). New York, NY:Academic Press.
4. E.P.Bucy, (2004). Interactivity in society:Locating an elusive concept. The Information Society, 20, 373–383.
5. A.Campbell, G.Gurin, & W.E.Miller, (1954). The voter decides. Evanston, IL:Row, Peterson.
6. S.W.Campbell, & N.Kwak, (2010). Mobile communication and civic life:Linking patterns of use to civic and political engagement. Journal of Communication, 60, 536–555.
7. D.Cogburn, & F.Espinoza-Vasquez, (2011). From networked nominee to networked nation:Examining the impact of Web 2.0 and social media on political participation and civic engagement in the 2008 Obama campaign. Journal of Political Marketing, 10, 189–213.
8. S.Coleman, D.E.Morrison, & M.Svennevig, (2008). New media and political efficacy. International Journal of Communication, 2, 771–791.
9. T.Correa, (2010). The participation divide among “online experts:” Experience, skills and psychological factors as predictors of college students’ Web content creation. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 16, 71–92.
10. S.C.Craig, R.G.Niemi, & G.E.Silver, (1990). Political efficacy and trust:A report on the NES pilot study items. Political Behavior, 12, 289–314.
11. M.Csikszentmihalyi, & K.Rathunde, (1992). The measurement of flow in everyday life:Toward a theory of emergent motivation. Theories of Communication, 40, 57–97.
12. M.X.Delli Carpini, & S.Keeter, (1996). What Americans know about politics and why it matters. New Haven, CT:Yale University Press.
13. P.DiMaggio, E.Hargittai, C.Celeste, & S.Shafter, (2004). Digital inequality:From unequal access to differentiated use. Social Inequality, 355–400.
14. M.Eastin, & R.LaRose, (2000). Internet self-efficacy and the psychology of the digital divide. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication 6. Retrieved from jcmc.indiana.edu/vol6/issue1/eastin.html
15. R.Gibson, (2012). From Brochureware to “MyBo”:An overview of online elections and campaigning. Politics, 32, 77–84. http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9256.2012.01429.x
16. M.Gurevitch, S.Coleman, J.G.Blumler, M.Gurevitch, & S.Coleman, (2009). Political Communication—Old and New Media Relationships. The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 625, 164–181. http://doi.org/10.1177/0002716209339345
17. E.Hargittai, (2002). Second-level digital divide:Differences in people’s online skills. First Monday, 7. Retrieved from http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/942/864
18. A.Hess, (2015, May 11). “All the news that’s fit to like.” Slate. Retrieved from http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/users/2015/05/facebook_study_the_algorithm_doesn_t_push_political_polarization_however.single.html
19. L.H.Hoffman, & T.L.Thomson, (2009). The effect of television viewing on adolescents’ civic participation:Political efficacy as a mediating mechanism. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 53, 3–21.
20. L.H.Hoffman, & D.G.Young, (2011). Satire, punch lines, and the nightly news:Untangling media effects on political participation. Communication Research Reports, 28, 159–168.
21. C.R.Hofstetter, S.Zuniga, & D.M.Dozier, (2001). Media self-efficacy:Validation of a new concept. Mass Communication and Society, 4, 61–76.
22. L.Hu, & P.M.Bentler, (1999). Cutoff criteria for fit indexes in covariance structure analysis:Conventional criteria versus new alternatives. Structural Equation Modeling, 6, 1–55.
23. L.Kaid, M.McKinney, & J.Tedesco, (2007). Political information efficacy and young voters. American Behavioral Scientist, 50, 1093–1111.
24. D.A.Kenny, (2015, November 24). Measuring model fit. Retrieved from http://davidakenny.net/cm/fit.htm.
25. K.Kenski, & N.J.Stroud, (2006). Connections between Internet use and political efficacy, knowledge, and participation. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 50, 173–192.
26. K.Langton, & D.Karns, (1969). The relative influence of the family, peer group, and school in the development of political efficacy. The Western Political Quarterly, 22, 813–826.
27. M.Lee, C.Cheung, & Z.Chen, (2005). Acceptance of Internet-based learning medium:The role of extrinsic and intrinsic motivation. Information & Management, 42, 1095–1104.
28. H.Lin, (2006). Knowledge sharing and firm innovation capability:An empirical study. CyberPsychology & Behavior, 9, 540–547.
29. S.Livingstone, (2004). Media literacy and the challenge of new information and communication technologies. The Communication Review, 7, 3–14.
30. M.McDonald, (2012). Voter turnout. United States Elections Project. Retrieved from http://elections.gmu.edu/voter_turnout.htm
31. A.Mitchell, T.Rosenstiel, & L.Christian, (2012). Mobile devices and news consumption:Some good signs for journalism. The State of the News Media 2012. The Pew Research Center. Retrieved from http://stateofthemedia.org/2012/mobile-devices-and-news-consumption-some-good-signs-for-journalism
32. A.Mitchell, T.Rosenstiel, L.H.Santhanam, & L.Christian, (2012, October 1). The explosion in mobile devices and a close look at what it means for news. Retrieved from http://www.journalism.org/analysis_report/future_mobile_news
33. P.Moy, (2008). Political efficacy. In W.Donsbach (Ed.), International Encyclopedia of Communication.
34. R.G.Niemi, S.C.Craig, & F.Mattei, (1991). Measuring internal political efficacy in the 1988 National Election Study. American Political Science Review, 85, 1407–1413.
35. Z.Papacharissi, (2009). The virtual sphere 2.0:The Internet, the public sphere, and beyond. In A.Chadwick & P.N.Howard (Eds.), The Routledge handbook of Internet politics. New York, NY:Routeledge.
36. Pew Project for Excellence in Journalism (2012, August 15). How the Presidential candidates use the Web and social media. Retrieved from http://www.journalism.org/analysis_report/how_presidential_candidates_use_web_and_social_media
37. Pew Research Center Fact Tank. (2014, September 24). How social media is reshaping the news. Fact Tank. Retrieved from http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/09/24/how-social-media-is-reshaping-news/.
38. Pew Research Internet Project (2014, January 1). Cell phone and smartphone ownership demographics. Retrieved from http://www.pewinternet.org/data-trend/mobile/cell-phone-and-smartphone-ownership-demographics/.
39. M.Phillips, (2013, January 15). Why we’re raising the signature threshold for We the People. The White House Blog. Retrieved from http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/01/15/why-we-re-raising-signature-threshold-we-people
40. R.J.Pingree, (2011). Effects of unresolved factual disputes in the news on epistemic political efficacy. Journal of Communication, 61, 22–47.
41. B.E.Pinkleton, E.W.Austin, & K.K.Fortman, (1998). Relationships of media use and political disaffection to political efficacy and voting behavior. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 42, 34–39.
42. S.Rafaeli, (1988). Interactivity:From new media to communication. Sage Annual Review of Communication Research:Advancing Communication Science, 16, 110–134. Beverly Hills, CA:Sage.
43. L.Rainie, & A.W.Smith, (2008). The Internet and the 2008 election. Pew Internet & American Life Project. Retrieved from http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2008/The-Internet-and-the-2008-Election.aspx
44. S.A.Renshon, (1974). Psychological needs and political behavior:A theory of personality and political efficacy. New York, NY:Free Press.
45. F.Shen, N.Wang, Z.Guo, & L.Guo, (2009). Online network size, efficacy, and opinion expression:Assessing the impacts of Internet use in China. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 21, 451–476.
46. J.Stromer-Galley, (2000). On-line interaction and why campaigns should avoid it. Journal of Communication, 50, 111–132.
47. J.Stromer-Galley, (2004). Interactivity-as-product and interactivity-as-process. The Information Society, 20, 391–394.
48. J.Stromer-Galley, & K.A.Foot, (2002). Citizen perceptions of online interactivity and implications for political campaign communication. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 8.
49. L.Tang, & P.Yang, (2011). Symbolic power and the Internet:The power of a “horse.” Media Culture & Society, 33, 675–691.
50. J.C.Tedesco, (2007). Examining Internet interactivity effects on young adult political information efficacy. American Behavioral Scientist 50, 1183–1194.
51. D.Tewksbury, M.L.Hals, & A.Bibart, (2008). The efficacy of news browsing:The relationship of news consumption style to social and political efficacy. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly 85, 257–272.
52. T.Urdan, & F.Pajares, (2006). Self-efficacy beliefs of adolescents. Charlotte, NC:Information Age Publishing.
53. K.Zickuhr, & A.Smith, (2012, April 13). Digital differences. Pew Internet & American Life Project. Retrieved from http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2012/Digital-differences/Overview.aspx
54. J.Zittrain, (2008). The future of the Internet and how to stop it. New Haven, CT.:Yale University Press.