Statistics Analysis

            Main hypothesis and research questions for your proposal Hypothesis H1: The more time people in Dubai spend consuming news, the more worried they are about the future. IV: The amount of time spending reading/watching news every day DV: How worried a person is about the future RQ1: Is there a difference in news consumption habits by age? Confounding variables Income Age Sex Education Literature review Operationalize IV: Number of hours watching television news, reading news stories online, reading other media, participating on social media, listening to the radio or podcasts. DV: Create an index: Ask participants From 1 being not worried at all to 10 being extremely worried, how worried are you about the future? News-seekers and Avoiders: Exploring Patterns of Total News Consumption Across Media and the Relationship to Civic Participation The Backbone Structure of Audience Networks: A New Approach to Comparing Online News Consumption Across Countries Research method: Survey. For your research: Key search words: News consumption, elaboration likelihood model, effects of news consumption