Abstract
The purposes of this study are: (1) to compare impacts of traditional media and the Internet on students' public affairs knowledge; (2) to explore how parents' socio-economic status, students' academic results and public affairs interest influence the impacts of traditional media and the Internet on public affairs knowledge. The questionnaires were distributed to Form 6 and 7 students in two secondary schools. A total of 285 questionnaires were returned. The results of the study found that student's academic achievement was the most powerful predictor of public affairs knowledge and the impacts of TV news and Internet news exposure on public affairs knowledge were influenced by it. The findings also showed that TV news was the most significant predictor among the three media. Though it had significant impact on student's public affairs knowledge, the Internet news was found to have negative impact on their public affairs knowledge level. This may due to the differences between personal agenda and public agenda. The policy implications of the results were also discussed.
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