*2.1. Studied Population*

The study was conducted in 2020 and the research group consisted of 342 people. The characteristics of the study sample, including its sociodemographic characteristics, are presented in Table 1. The criteria for inclusion in the study were: age ≥ 18 years of age, Taiwan nationality, female or male gender. An anonymous online questionnaire was designed using a Google form in the traditional Chinese language that was accessible from any device with an Internet connection to invite potential respondents. The survey was disseminated via social networks (especially Facebook and Plurk) and respondents were encouraged to pass the survey on to others.


**Table 1.** Participant demographic characteristics.

According to Taiwan's "Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) Communication Survey Database (four times in one phase) (2015): Political and Citizen Communication" (2002 interviewees in total), in terms of the frequency of receiving public affairs through traditional media, there is a significant difference between the men and women who are over 60 years old (*t* = 4.81, *p* < 0.05), while there is no significant difference between different sexes under 60 years of age. It can be found that in the younger generation, gender is no longer a factor that affects or limits the citizen's reception of public affairs information. In addition, there is no significant difference in the frequency of using traditional media to receive public affairs among all interviewees of different age groups. In the section of new media, the difference is mainly the frequency of receiving public affairs between the younger and elder generations. Therefore, the population studied in this paper is mainly concentrated on students because they mainly use new media channels to finish the questionnaires [43].
