Media Use and Social Cohesion

Cover of "Communicatio Socialis", 54/2021Is there a connection between media use practices and feelings of connectedness to local, national, regional or global communities? Hannah Immler and Dr. Sascha Hölig provide answers in Communicatio Socialis based on secondary data analyses.

Immler, Hannah; Hölig, Sascha (2021): Mediennutzung und gesellschaftlicher Zusammenhalt. Zur Rolle von Mediennutzung für das sozialräumliche Verbundenheitsempfinden entlang sozialer Lagen [Media Use and Social Cohesion. On the Role of Media Use for the Socio-Spatial Sense of Connectedness along Social Layers]. In: Communicatio Socialis, 54 (4), pp. 513–525.

Abstract

This paper uses secondary data analyses to examine the extent to which indicators of social location and various media use practices are related to subjectively perceived connectedness with local, national, regional or global communities. The results suggest that different degrees of connectedness can be attributed to age and socio-economic background. In addition, the frequency of use of printed newspapers, social media and television, as well as the type of news received on social media, are explanatory factors for a person’s individual connectedness.
Gibt es einen Zusammenhang zwischen Mediennutzungspraktiken und Verbundenheitsgefühlen zu lokalen, nationalen, regionalen oder globalen Gemeinschaften?  geben in der Communicatio Socialis Antworten, die auf Sekundärdatenanalysen basieren.

Overview

Date of publication

09.12.2021

Type of publication

  • Miscellaneous

Project reference:

Media Use and Social Cohesion

Research Institute Social Cohesion

Programme Area:

Program Area 1 Social Functions of Communication and Media

Research Group:

Media Use and Its Societal Effects

Transformation of Journalism and the Public Sphere

Persons involved:

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