Advancing the cognitive mediation model : a study on Singaporeans’ knowledge of climate change.

• Main Author: Peh, Xianghong.
• Other Authors: Shirley Ho Soo Yee
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Communication::Communication theories and models
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/53525
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The cognitive mediation model (CMM) posits that self-imposed learning motivations drive individuals to pay attention to news media and to elaborate on information they gather from the media, which in turn, enables them to acquire knowledge about a certain issue. This study advances the CMM by examin...