Citizens today may use several different channels to receive information about political issues. Traditional channels are nowadays combined with new channels. This paper investigates the connections between the use of channels for political learning and political culture. First, the paper examines global trends in the use and combinations of channels; if there are growing similarities between citizens in different countries in their use of channels. Second, the connections between the use of channels and political culture are analysed. For example, if critical citizens tend to use one specific combination of channels. In focus are the hypotheses that citizens use channels depending on their political orientations and that there is a tendency that different subcultures are developing based on the use of channels. The outcome of these analyses provide understanding about the interaction between cultural and communicative aspects of citizenship and political learning.
