Better Together: Interacting with News Portals Increases Civic Engagement

Thursday February 29, 2024

The majority of people in the U.S. get their online news from individual news organizations, which publish proprietary stories written by their own reporters. In South Korea, most people access news portals, which aggregate stories from multiple sources. This study explores how perceived news portal credibility influences the connection between online engagement and civic participation.

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Study: Active Use of News Portals Can Increase Cognitive, Psychological and Behavioral Dimensions of Civic Engagement

Thursday November 2, 2023

A new study has found that active use of news portals positively predicts online community discussion to subsequently increase cognitive, psychological and behavioral dimensions of civic engagement. …