정보의 풍요와 정치참여의 양극화 = Information Abundance and the Polarization of Political Engagement

국문 초록 (Abstract)

본 연구는 다변화된 미디어 환경에서의 시민의 정치정보 이용과 그에 따른 정치적 효과에 대해 논의하고자 한다. 다변화된 미디어 환경을 고-선택의 미디어 환경으로 규정하고 이러한 미디어 환경에서 나타나는 정치뉴스 선호층과 정치뉴스 비선호층 간의 정치관여의 양극화 문제에 초점을 맞춘다. 고-선택의 미디어 환경은 풍부하고 다양한 정보를 제공한다. 이 가운데 우리는 원하는 정보를 보다 쉽게 얻을 수 있게 되었다. 이 같은 변화는 미디어 이용자의 정치지식 수준의 향상과 정치참여의 활성화에도 영향을 미친다. 그런데 이러한 문제와 관련하여 본 연구는 고-선택의 미디어 환경이 정치뉴스 선호층과 비선호층 간 정치관여의 격차를 과거보다 더욱 심화시킬 것이라고 예상한다. 이를 위해 TV 이용자 집단을 저-선택 미디어 환경에, TV+인터넷+SNS 이용자 집단을 고-선택 미디어 환경에 놓인 미디어 이용 집단으로 규정하고 두 집단의 정치뉴스 선호도에 따른 정치지식 수준과 정치참여확률의 차이를 비교할 것이다. 이를 통해 고-선택의 미디어 환경이 민주주의의 대표성을 떨어뜨리는 문제를 초래할 수 있다는 것을 보여주고자 한다.

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

In this study we explore citizens’ media use for political information and its effects in the diverse media environment. For this purpose, we call the current media landscape ‘the high-choice media environment’ and then focus on the polarization of political engagement between the preference group and the non-preference group for political news. The high-choice media environment allows people to access information more easily. Also, this circumstance may have effects on the increase of political knowledge and political participation among media users. However, we predict that the high-choice media environment exacerbates the political engagement gap between those who have a strong preference for political news and those who do not. More specifically, this study classify media users into the TV user group and the TV+Internet+ SNS user group. The former is those with the low-choice media environment, while the latter is those with the high-choice media environment. In addition, we analyse the gaps in the level of political knowledge and the probability of political participation by each group’s preference for political news. As a result, we show that there is a greater difference of political engagement between people who prefer political news and people who do not in the TV+Internet+SNS user group than them in the TV user group.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• 논문요약
• I. 서론
• II. 기존 연구 동향
• III. 고-선택 미디어 환경, 정치정보 이용 그리고 정치관여
• IV. 고-선택 미디어 환경과 정치관여의 양극화
• V. 결론
• 참고문헌
• ABSTRACT

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