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Trepte, Sabine and Schmitt, Josephine B. (2017). The Effects of Age on the Interplay Between News Exposure, Political Discussion, and Political Knowledge. J. Individ. Differ., 38 (1). S. 21 - 29. GOTTINGEN: HOGREFE & HUBER PUBLISHERS. ISSN 2151-2299

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Abstract

Using the theory of fluid-crystallized intelligence, we argue that with growing age, political discussion becomes less important as a complement to news exposure in political knowledge building. We applied moderated mediation analyses to the survey data of N = 69,125 German respondents. The data supported the hypothesis that news exposure influences political discussion, which in turn leverages political knowledge. As expected, we showed that news exposure is more strongly associated with political discussion for younger age groups. The results are discussed with regard to how to integrate a psychological lifespan perspective into further research on knowledge acquisition.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Trepte, Sabine UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Schmitt, Josephine B. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-247262
DOI:	10.1027/1614-0001/a000218
Journal or Publication Title:	J. Individ. Differ.
Volume:	38
Number:	1
Page Range:	S. 21 - 29
Date:	2017
Publisher:	HOGREFE & HUBER PUBLISHERS
Place of Publication:	GOTTINGEN
ISSN:	2151-2299
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language CRYSTALLIZED INTELLIGENCE; FLUID; ACQUISITION; DECLINE; GROWTH; MODEL Multiple languages Psychology, Social Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/24726