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media system dependency: a standalone construct

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media systemdependency1 CONSTRUCTMedia system dependencyBALL-ROKEACH · COMMUNICATION

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audiences rely on media for information when society is unstable, which raises media's effects.

In communication, media system dependency refers to audiences rely on media for information when society is unstable, which raises media's effects. This meaning comes from Ball-Rokeach (1976) in Communication Research.[1]

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  1. Ball-Rokeach, S. J., & DeFleur, M. L. (1976). A Dependency Model of Mass-Media Effects. Communication Research, 3(1), 3-21. https://doi.org/10.1177/009365027600300101

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