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The Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics, Vol. 11, No. 3, 135-155 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/1081180X06289582

Knowledge about the Gulf Wars

A Theoretical Model of Learning from the News

Ven-hwei Lo

College of Communication at National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan, loven{at}nccu.edu.tw

Chingching Chang

National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan, shenc{at}nccu.edu.tw

This study explores the relationship of factors that influence adolescents’ learning about the two Gulf Wars from the news. A model constructed from data gathered in two sample surveys in Taiwan depicts these relationships. The results largely support the hypotheses that newspaper use, television news use, attention, and elaboration are related to knowledge about the Gulf Wars—and that television news tends to make a significant contribution to adolescents’ knowledge. Finally, path analyses suggest that media diversity seems to be an important factor influencing the relationships between media use, attention, elaboration, and knowledge

Key Words: knowledge • Gulf War • adolescent • attention • elaboration • newspaper use • television news use • news diversity


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