Gaps in the political information consumption in Chile: television, press, and social media (2011-2019)

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Information on political affairs is one of the critical factors in democratic life in Western countries. However, we know little about those most exposed to this type of content in Chile. The following article uses data from public opinion surveys collected between 2011 and 2019 (n = 12,485) to observe the sociodemographic, socioeconomic, and motivational gaps in the consumption of political information at an individual level. The analysis will focus on television, the press, and social media. The results show gender, age, educational, and motivational differences in this practice across the three media. However, these differences vary according to the type of medium.

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media consumption , public affairs , television , press , Facebook , Twitter
  • Pages: 77-109
  • Date Published: 2022-04-14
  • Vol. 15 No. 1 (2022): January - June

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2022-04-14

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Gómez Contreras, M., & González López, F. (2022). Gaps in the political information consumption in Chile: television, press, and social media (2011-2019). Perspectivas De La Comunicación, 15(1), 77–109. https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-48672022000100077

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