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Poverty restricts citizens' ability to engage in mediated public connection and enact citizenship through three preconditioning dimensions: everyday life conditions, access, and resources. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.NOVEL_FINDING. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.ESTABLISHES_NEW_DIRECTION.

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This article aims to understand how life in poverty influences people's ability to connect publicly through media usage.

July 7, 2026New Media & SocietyOpen Access

Media poverty: Understanding mediated public connection in everyday conditions of deprivation

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TNTorgeir Uberg NærlandUniversity of Bergen

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This article examines how poverty affects media use and citizenship in impoverished individuals, indicating new insights into their challenges.

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This article aims to understand how life in poverty influences people's ability to connect publicly through media usage.
Developed a multi-dimensional media poverty framework identifying dimensions of disconnection: conditions, access, and resources.
Analyzed repeated interviews with 41 poverty-stricken citizens in Norway to apply the proposed framework.
Identified that public connection for impoverished citizens is significantly restricted due to their life conditions.
Revealed that access to media and available resources play critical roles in facilitating or hindering connection.

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Torgeir Uberg Nærland (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a4c96be331bc25c9e5f413c https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448261459665

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This article examines how poverty affects media use and citizenship in impoverished individuals, indicating new insights into their challenges.

Media poverty: Understanding mediated public connection in everyday conditions of deprivation

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Media poverty: Understanding mediated public connection in everyday conditions of deprivation

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