This research explores the influence of mass media use and community context on civic engagement. The article presents a multilevel test of print, broadcast, and Internet effects on interpersonal trust and civic participation that acknowledges there are (a) micro-level differences in the motives underlying media use, (b) age-cohort differences in patterns of media use and levels of civic engage...

This study assessed the links between civic participation and adolescent behavior problems (bullying, physical fighting, and alcohol and tobacco use), and whether civic engagement could be a moderator of the negative effects of parent0family detachment. Participants were 7,097 11-, 13-, and 15-year-olds (48.6% girls) in a region of Northern Italy. Twenty percent were involved in some level of c...

Civic engagement fails to foster democratic representation and accountability when women or other marginalized groups face barriers to participation, as they do in many developing countries. Rather than flattening access to participation, a randomly assigned civic education course in Mali widened the gender gap when it increased civic activity among men while decreasing that among women. Qualit...

Students' creative thinking ability is low when using conventional learning media. Thus, the Civics process requires innovative media such as digital-based mind maps to improve students' skills. This study aims analyze effect of map on skills class X students in vocational high schools. research a quasi-experimental with quantitative approach. The population this found 477 simple random samplin...

Interdisciplinary service learning opportunities are recognized as valuable educational tools for health-care students, including those in physical therapy doctoral programs. However, it is unclear what components of these service learning initiatives are most successful for preparing students to collaborate as part of a health-care team and communicate with diverse patient populations. The Far...

OBJECTIVES To explore pediatricians' current involvement in community child health activities, to examine trends in community involvement from 1989 to 2004, and to compare perspectives and skills related to community involvement among those participating and not participating in community activities. DESIGN Cross-sectional analysis of 3 American Academy of Pediatrics Periodic Surveys of Fello...

Civic competence or national competitiveness? The framing of information literacy in the Finnish policy documents study examines (IL) from a perspective with objective analyzing how IL is framed documents. Three frames were identified using an analytical framework drawn upon research literature. was associated continuous learning, competitiveness and civic competence. Ensuring skilled workforce...

Without much evidence, experts on social capital have dismissed the importance of military service on social capital accumulation. We present evidence from the National Survey of Families and Households (Wave 1: 1987-188) that sharply contradicts these claims. Using an index of civic participation calculated from time spent in activities of civic organizations, we find that veterans have signif...