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Closing Gaps in Political Communication and Knowledge: Effects of a School Intervention

McDEVITT, MICHAEL, CHAFFEE, STEVEN·2000·Communication Research
DOI 10.1177/009365000027003001
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A model of family influence that reverses the traditional roles of parents and children is presented to explain the results of a school intervention that narrowed political communication and knowledge gaps between parents of high and low socioeconomic status (SES). Students' exposure to a civics curriculum stimulated adolescent news media use at home and discussions with parents about an ongoing election campaign. These discussions, in turn, stimulated parents to pay more attention to news and to gain political knowledge. Students in Grades 5 through 12 and one parent from each family were interviewed in a quasi-experimental evaluation of the civics curriculum (N = 457 pairs). Parents in low-SES homes had not been strongly socialized to politics in their own youth, but their children's exposure to the school intervention provided them a second chance at citizenship. This study highlights the capacity of the child to stimulate political communication in low-SES families.

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Authors
McDEVITT, M., & CHAFFEE, S.
Venue
Communication Research
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2000-06
Volume
27
Issue
3
Pages
259-292
ISSN
  • 0093-6502 (ISSN-L)
  • 1552-3810
DOI
10.1177/009365000027003001
OpenAlex
W2148428496
Cited by
180
References
0
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FWCI
27.18
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
Communication Research (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Communication › News Media Framing and Political Communication
  • Social Sciences › Education › Citizenship Education and Democracy
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Media Influence and Politics
Keywords
political communication, political knowledge, socioeconomic status, family influence, civic education curriculum, school-based intervention, political campaigns

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