TY - JOUR
AU - MOY, PATRICIA
AB -  This study examines the role of community integration and mass and interpersonal communication in predicting two types of local political participation; more conventional, "institutionalized" acts of participation and less traditional acts of participating and speaking out in a forum. An analysis of survey data (N = 389) showed a strong role of newspaper readership and a somewhat lower impact of interpersonal discussion on institutionalized participation. Different patterns emerged for participation in a civic forum, with interpersonal discussion having the strongest impact of the three communication variables. Television news use had no direct impact on either type of participation, but it did have a modest indirect impact on institutionalized participation. The data also showed direct effects of dimensions of community integration for participation in a forum only. Orientations toward the larger community rather than the local neighborhood were positively related to participating in a civic forum. 
TI - Community, Communication, and Participation: The Role of Mass Media and Interpersonal Discussion in Local Political Participation
JF - Political Communication
DO - 10.1080/105846099198659
DA - 1999-07-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/taylor-francis/community-communication-and-participation-the-role-of-mass-media-and-tT82ioHroe
SP - 315
EP - 336
VL - 16
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
ER -