All things considered? Investigating the diversity of public affairs issues that individuals think about in the Internet age

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Highlights:

• We analyze two American National Election Studies of 2004 and 2008.

• We investigate factors influencing diversity of agenda in the new media environment.

• Interest and education are significant predictors of agenda diversity.

• Access to the Internet enhances an individual’s agenda diversity through specific exposure in 2008.

• Income and specific exposure to campaign information yield mixed effects on agenda diversity.

摘要

•We analyze two American National Election Studies of 2004 and 2008.•We investigate factors influencing diversity of agenda in the new media environment.•Interest and education are significant predictors of agenda diversity.•Access to the Internet enhances an individual’s agenda diversity through specific exposure in 2008.•Income and specific exposure to campaign information yield mixed effects on agenda diversity.

论文关键词:Internet,Agenda diversity,Rich media,Exposure,Election,Campaign

论文评审过程:Available online 27 December 2013.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2013.11.009