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Abstract Many scholars blame media for declining political participation in the United States. Survey research results indicate that civic engagement and political distrust may be associated with political Participation, but that these processes are not easily explained by television viewing. Instead, newspaper reading and television news watching, along with level of education, tend to be associated with electoral participation. In conclusion, the author suggests that skepticism be reconceptualized as a healthy part of the democratic process.
Karin Gwinn Wilkins (Fri,) studied this question.