@article{2016:schmitt:media_self,
title = {Media self-efficacy and internal political efficacy as processes underlying young adults’ political participation Medien- und politikbezogene Selbstwirksamkeit als Wegbereiter politischer Partizipation},
year = {2016},
note = {Young people’s political participation is essential for an effective
democracy and sustainable society. Particularly news exposure has been
demonstrated to leverage political participation. However, it is
suggested with this paper that not only news exposure fosters young
adult’s participation, but also their perception of how effective
they are while gathe-ring information with the media (media
self-efficacy); and that this perception of media efficacy pays into
people’s belief of how well they handle the challenges of being an
active citizen (internal political efficacy). Based on Bandura’s
self-efficacy theory (1977), media self-efficacy and internal
political efficacy are suggested as underlying processes linking news
exposure on the one hand and political participation on the other.
This interplay was confirmed for online news exposure and
participation, but not for television news exposure and participation.
It is suspected that particularly the interactive nature of online
news provides possibilities to participate and thus facilitates the
development of media self-efficacy and internal political efficacy as
foundations for political participation.},
journal = {SCM Studies in Communication and Media},
pages = {197--222},
author = {Schmitt, Josephine B.},
volume = {5},
number = {2}
}