Exploring Genetic Contributions to News Use Motives and Frequency of News Consumption: A Study of Identical and Fraternal Twins

被引：4

作者：

York, Chance ^{[1
]}

Haridakis, Paul ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Kent State Univ, Sch Commun Studies, Kent, OH 44242 USA

[2] Kent State Univ, Sch Journalism & Mass Commun, Kent, OH 44242 USA

来源：

MASS COMMUNICATION AND SOCIETY | 2021年 / 24卷 / 02期

关键词：

ENVIRONMENTAL-INFLUENCES; INTERNET USE; MEDIA BIAS; HERITABILITY; GRATIFICATIONS; BEHAVIOR; VIOLENCE; MODEL;

D O I：

10.1080/15205436.2020.1759096

中图分类号：

G2 [信息与知识传播];

学科分类号：

05 ; 0503 ;

摘要：

Prior research conducted within the Uses and Gratifications paradigm has considered the contribution of numerous background social and psychological characteristics to motives for media use and media consumption patterns. In this study, we explore the extent to which far more fundamental characteristics-genes-explain, in part, motives to use news media and frequency of news use. Utilizing original data collected on identical and fraternal twins (n = 334), we find that latent genetic traits explain a nontrivial amount of variance in two unique news-use motives, surveillance and entertainment, as well as frequency of consumption across multiple news sources. Genetic traits were particularly influential in explaining the frequency of using sources commonly characterized as ideological, such asFox NewsandCNN.

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