News Engagement on Social Media and Democratic Citizenship: Direct and Moderating Roles of Curatorial News Use in Political Involvement. (December 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Park, Chang Sup; Kaye, Barbara K.
• Is Part Of: Journalism & mass communication quarterly. Volume 95:Number 4(2018:Dec.)
• Page Start: 1103
• Page End: 1127
• Publication Date: 2018-12
• Subjects: social media -- curatorial news use -- political knowledge -- internal political efficacy -- political participation; Journalism -- Periodicals; Mass media -- Periodicals; Communication -- Periodicals; Journalism -- United States -- Periodicals; Journalism -- Bibliography -- Periodicals; 070
• DOI: 10.1177/1077699017753149
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1077-6990

Abstract

Social media allow users not only to read news, but also to evaluate, reconstruct, and share it. This study conceptualizes curatorial news use via social media as an important news use behavior, which involves evaluating the existing news, adding new values by reconstructing it, and then sharing it with other social media users. An analysis of survey data from 650 South Korean adults shows that curatorial news use on social media has a significantly positive association with political knowledge, internal political efficacy, and offline and online political participation. The interaction of social media news use and curatorial news use is also significantly associated with high levels of political knowledge and political participation.