Browsing by Author "de Zuniga, Homero Gil"

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    Expressive Versus Consumptive Blog Use: Implications for Interpersonal Discussion and Political Participation
    (2013) de Zuniga, Homero Gil; Bachmann, Ingrid; Hsu, Shih-Hsien; Brundidge, Jennifer
    Research has established the positive relationship between news consumption, interpersonal discussion, and political participation. New insights within this framework have tested the positive effect of blog use in the political domain. Based on national survey data, this study proposes novel advances by distinguishing between a less involved blog use (consumptive), such as reading entries and comments, and a more active blog use (expressive), such as posting comments on other people's blogs and on one's own blog. Results indicate expressive blog use is directly related to political participation, online and offline, and interpersonal reasoning processes, including reasoning and disagreement, whereas consumptive blog use is not. Furthermore, the relationship between expressive blog use and participation is mediated by exposure to weak ties.
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    Politics and Media in Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly: A Centennial Research Retrospective
    (2023) Valenzuela, Sebastian; Bachmann, Ingrid; Lawrence, Regina G.; de Zuniga, Homero Gil
    Based on computerized and manual content analyses, we examined the theories, methods, topics, and authors' backgrounds of the empirical articles revolving around politics and media published by Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly (JMCQ) in its 100 years (N = 424). The most common theories are agenda-setting, framing, and selective exposure, and quantitative methods prevail with single-country studies being more prevalent than comparative analyses. A considerable portion of research has focused on political news, particularly during campaigns. Male, U.S.-based authors dominate, but female-authored work has increased in the past decade. Challenges remain to make the research on politics and media in JMCQ more generalizable globally.