This week my LSS and sorted through the list (100 and counting) of PayPal submissions in January and February for the Riverdale Art Walk. I made a spreadsheet confirming the artists’ name, email, and date of payment, membership, and whether they submitted to the indoor or outdoor facility. Hopefully the Board does not have to turn down any applications this year, but we may not have enough room for all of the artists. The Network hasn’t been able to obtain a park permit on the North Side of Jimmie Simpson Park because it takes up space around a soccer field (though they were able to reach agreement last year, they have apparently been ignoring our calls). The PayPal task was quite a rigorous process as we only got through about half of the
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The knowledge-gap hypothesis proposes, “knowledge is evenly distributed in society and that socioeconomic status (SES) is they key determinant of how much people know about public affairs” (Hai Tran, 2013, p. 831). To begin, affluent and educated groups are better equipped with the cognitive skills to comprehend complex information and thus gain greater knowledge of public affairs (2013). Those of high SES routinely elect for political news because they have a greater motivation to be involved in public affairs. Lastly, the mass media makes political information more accessible to an affluent audience (2013). This study employs a Biennial Media Consumption Survey, sponsored by the PEW Research Centre for the People and the Press, to test a theoretical model pertaining to the knowledge-gap hypothesis (2013). The Biennial Media Consumption Survey obtained telephone interviews with 3, 204 adults living alongside the continental United States (2013). Overall, a subset of 2013 cases was measured. The results confirm the disparities between social classes in knowledge of public affairs and that traditional news media remains to be the most vital source of political information. By contrast, online news has minimal effect to political learning as users can filter and personalize information. Therefore, users place higher regard over mainstream news they deem to be more important over alternative
The knowledge-gap hypothesis proposes, “knowledge is evenly distributed in society and that socioeconomic status (SES) is they key determinant of how much people know about public affairs” (Hai Tran, 2013, p. 831). To begin, affluent and educated groups are better equipped with the cognitive skills to comprehend complex information and thus gain greater knowledge of public affairs (2013). Those of high SES routinely elect for political news because they have a greater motivation to be involved in public affairs. Lastly, the mass media makes political information more accessible to an affluent audience (2013). This study employs a Biennial Media Consumption Survey, sponsored by the PEW Research Centre for the People and the Press, to test a theoretical model pertaining to the knowledge-gap hypothesis (2013). The Biennial Media Consumption Survey obtained telephone interviews with 3, 204 adults living alongside the continental United States (2013). Overall, a subset of 2013 cases was measured. The results confirm the disparities between social classes in knowledge of public affairs and that traditional news media remains to be the most vital source of political information. By contrast, online news has minimal effect to political learning as users can filter and personalize information. Therefore, users place higher regard over mainstream news they deem to be more important over alternative