Digital Media Use on School Civic Engagement: A Parallel Mediation Model
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| Title: | Digital Media Use on School Civic Engagement: A Parallel Mediation Model |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Contreras, Camila (ORCID |
| Source: | Comunicar: Media Education Research Journal. Apr 2023 31(75):89-99. |
| Availability: | Grupo Comunicar Ediciones. Marina 8, Atico B - 21001 Huelva, Spain. Tel: 34-959-248480; e-mail: info@grupocomunicar.com; Web site: https://www.revistacomunicar.com/ |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 11 |
| Publication Date: | 2023 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Secondary Education Elementary Education |
| Descriptors: | Risk, Social Media, Correlation, Socialization, Political Attitudes, Learning Processes, Citizen Participation, Gender Differences, Mediation Theory, Foreign Countries, Information Technology, Educational Environment, Information Seeking, Computer Mediated Communication, Longitudinal Studies, Secondary School Students, Measures (Individuals), Online Searching, Elementary School Students, Interpersonal Relationship, Student Attitudes |
| Geographic Terms: | Chile (Santiago) |
| ISSN: | 1134-3478 1988-3293 |
| Abstract: | Despite the democratised access to digital media, there are still gaps in uses and opportunities according to age, sex, socioeconomic level, and location. In addition, the study about the use of digital media by children and adolescents has focused more on the risks than on the opportunities. This study analyses the relationship between different uses of digital media (socialisation, socio-political, and learning purposes), with school civic engagement. A sample of 524 students (M[subscript age]=12; 43.7% girls) from Santiago de Chile participated. Structural equation modelling with latent variables was used to test a parallel mediation model in which the use of socialisation in digital media is related to school civic engagement, through digital media use for socio political purposes and the digital media use for learning purposes. In addition, multigroup analysis by sex was tested. The main results showed that digital media use for socialisation has a positive effect on school civic engagement through the parallel mediation of digital media use for socio-political purposes and the digital media use for learning purposes. The multigroup analysis showed that mediation is significant in both boys and girls. The results have contributed to the expansion of knowledge about the opportunities of digital media on civic engagement in formal school contexts. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2023 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1384752 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Despite the democratised access to digital media, there are still gaps in uses and opportunities according to age, sex, socioeconomic level, and location. In addition, the study about the use of digital media by children and adolescents has focused more on the risks than on the opportunities. This study analyses the relationship between different uses of digital media (socialisation, socio-political, and learning purposes), with school civic engagement. A sample of 524 students (M[subscript age]=12; 43.7% girls) from Santiago de Chile participated. Structural equation modelling with latent variables was used to test a parallel mediation model in which the use of socialisation in digital media is related to school civic engagement, through digital media use for socio political purposes and the digital media use for learning purposes. In addition, multigroup analysis by sex was tested. The main results showed that digital media use for socialisation has a positive effect on school civic engagement through the parallel mediation of digital media use for socio-political purposes and the digital media use for learning purposes. The multigroup analysis showed that mediation is significant in both boys and girls. The results have contributed to the expansion of knowledge about the opportunities of digital media on civic engagement in formal school contexts. |
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| ISSN: | 1134-3478 1988-3293 |