Knowing is not loving: media effects on knowledge about and attitudes toward the EU

Figures & data

Figure 1. Conceptual process model.

Table 1. Regression results for event-related knowledge and EU performance evaluations (n = 829).

	Event-related knowledge			Performance t2
	b	SE	p	b	SE	p
Constant	−1.013	.228	.000	−.293	.192	.128
Media exposure	.889	.072	.000	−.024	.065	.708
Performance t1	−.064	.027	.017	.774	.022	.000
Gender	.080	.068	.239	.028	.056	.616
Age	.012	.002	.000	−.001	.002	.634
Education	.221	.050	.000	.037	.042	.376
Political interest	.144	.025	.000	.008	.021	.722
Interview date in days	−.052	.019	.006	.025	.016	.109
Event-related knowledge	–	–	–	−.054	.029	.064
	R^2 = .332 F(7, 821) = 58.403 p = .000			R^2 = .611 F(8, 820) = 161.037 p = .000

Note. b represent unstandardized coefficients.