Mediating role of civic talk on relationship of news consumption and sense of civic responsibility among youth
Sense of civic responsibility is fostered and developed through frequent involvement in sharing civic knowledge and solving social problems, individually and collectively. In other words, a citizen who has attained a sense of civic responsibility would be more responsive and supportive of deve...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Thesis |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
2020
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/99203/1/FBMK%202021%2019%20IR.pdf |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| Summary: | Sense of civic responsibility is fostered and developed through frequent involvement in
sharing civic knowledge and solving social problems, individually and collectively. In
other words, a citizen who has attained a sense of civic responsibility would be more
responsive and supportive of developmental efforts at all levels (i.e., social and political).
Hence, this sense of civic responsibility is widely recognised as an important stepping-stone towards becoming a productive citizen in the future. Past studies have shown that
responsibility.
This research attempts to clarify the influence of news consumption from a variety of
media and civic talk on the sense of civic responsibility.
Using self-three Research Universities (RUs) participated in a cross-sectional survey. Sampling
method used for the population of this study was stratified systematic sampling. All
variables were tested for validity and reliability in a pilot test prior to the field data
collection. Descriptive analysis and the Structural Equation Modelling Partial Least
Squares were employed for data analysis.
The result show that news consumption had no significant positive correlation with sense
of civic responsibility, but civic talk had a strongly significant and positive effect on
news consumption and sense of civic responsibility. Civic talk fully mediates this
relationship. The variance value explains an adequate sense of civic responsibility and
civic talk in this study. The predictive power (Q²) of the hypothesised relationship was
strong, as it was above the cut-off point (zero) for sense of civic responsibility and civic
talk. Therefore, the current study has predictive relevance values for its endogenous
constructs. From a predictive viewpoint, the model in this study could be considered
beneficial for the youth to develop a better sense of civic responsibility. One significant contribution of the study findings is that it has clarified the role of civic
talk in the relationship between news consumption and sense of civic responsibility. A
respondent with a low level of news consumption seemed to benefit from civic talk
involvement and this influenced the development of his sense of civic responsibility.
This result is a pertinent input that could be used to ensure a good educational outcome
for students, particularly to develop a sense of civic responsibility in them. |
|---|