Media Use, Reliance, and Active Participation: Exploring Student Awareness of the South African Conflict.

Gandy, Oscar; And Others

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Publication Date: 1987

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Media Use, Reliance, and Active Participation: Exploring Student Awareness of the South African Conflict.

Gandy, Oscar; And Others

Communication Research: An International Quarterly, v14 n6 p644-63 Dec 1987

Examines the relationship between (1) use of and reliance upon particular media, (2) participation in activities linked to a conflictive public issue (South Africa) and (3) knowledge about that issue among black college students in Washington, DC. Concludes reliance on a particular medium is less important than interest and motivation in predicting knowledge about issues. (SD)

Descriptors: Activism, Black Students, Citizen Participation, College Students, Communication Research, Foreign Countries, Information Sources, Knowledge Level, Learning Motivation, Mass Media Effects, News Media, Newspapers, Political Issues, Radio, Sex Differences, Student Attitudes, Television

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: South Africa

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