城市居民媒介使用与公共事务参与:多重中介效应分析

Urban Residents’Media Use and Participation in Public Affairs:Analysis of Multiple Mediation Effects

由中国社会综合调查数据(CGSS)分析城市居民媒介使用与公共事务参与的关系,发现我国城市居民公共事务参与水平总体较低,且行动参与显著低于话语参与水平。传统媒介和新兴媒介使用均会有效促进城市居民的公共事务参与水平。相对而言,传统媒介对城市居民公共事务参与的促进效应大于新兴媒介。媒介使用对城市居民公共事务参与具有直接效应,还会通过社会资本、政治效能感和公民参与意识的多重中介作用,对城市居民公共事务参与产生间接效应。

Based on the the 2012 China General Social Survey(CGSS)data,this paper examines the influencing mechanism of media use on urban residents’participation in public affairs.The results reveal that the level of urban residents’participation in public affairs is relatively low,and the level of action participation is significantly lower than the oral participation in public affairs.Both traditional and new media use positively impact urban residents’participation in public affairs,and traditional media significantly exert more important positive effect on urban residents’participation in public affairs than new media.Media use directly influence urban residents’participation in public affairs,as well as through promoting their social capitals,political efficacy and citizen participation perception indirectly enhance urban residents’participation in public affairs.