Like-minded and cross-cutting talk, network characteristics, and political participation online and offline: A panel study
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Like-minded and cross-cutting talk, network characteristics, and political participation online and offline : A panel study. / Matthes, Jörg; Marquart, Franziska; Sikorski, Christian Von.
I: Communications, Bind 46, Nr. 1, 2020, s. 113-126.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Like-minded and cross-cutting talk, network characteristics, and political participation online and offline
T2 - A panel study
AU - Matthes, Jörg
AU - Marquart, Franziska
AU - Sikorski, Christian Von
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - We test the role of like-minded and cross-cutting political discussion as a facilitator of online and offline political participation and examine the role of strong versus weak network ties. Most prior research on the topic has employed cross-sectional designs that may lead to spurious relationships due to the lack of controlled variables. The findings of a two-wave panel survey controlling the autoregressive effects suggest that cross-cutting talk with weak ties significantly dampens online but not offline political participation. However, no such effects were detectable for cross-cutting talk with strong ties. In addition, we found no effect of discussions involving like-minded individuals in either weak or strong network connections on online and offline forms of political engagement. Implications are discussed.
AB - We test the role of like-minded and cross-cutting political discussion as a facilitator of online and offline political participation and examine the role of strong versus weak network ties. Most prior research on the topic has employed cross-sectional designs that may lead to spurious relationships due to the lack of controlled variables. The findings of a two-wave panel survey controlling the autoregressive effects suggest that cross-cutting talk with weak ties significantly dampens online but not offline political participation. However, no such effects were detectable for cross-cutting talk with strong ties. In addition, we found no effect of discussions involving like-minded individuals in either weak or strong network connections on online and offline forms of political engagement. Implications are discussed.
KW - disagreement
KW - like-minded and cross-cutting political discussion
KW - political participation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85079663451&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1515/commun-2020-2080
DO - 10.1515/commun-2020-2080
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85079663451
VL - 46
SP - 113
EP - 126
JO - Communications
JF - Communications
SN - 0341-2059
IS - 1
ER -
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