The Influence of Communication and Cosmopoliteness on Quality of Life Perceptions

ABSTRACT

This article examines the impact of a sequence of variables that includes people’s communication activity and quality of life assessments. Survey results indicate that more cosmopolitan people, those with more diverse interests, those with stronger patterns of media use, and those with higher levels of community knowledge hold stronger assessments of the quality of life available in their community. No such relationships are found for people’s assessment of whether the country is headed in the right direction.