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Title | ||
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Filtering out the other side? Cross-cutting and like-minded discussions on social networking sites. |
Abstract | ||
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Disagreement persists as to whether social networking sites (SNSs) are used more frequently to facilitate cross-cutting or like-minded discussions. We examine the relationship between the use of SNSs and involvement in discussions with politically similar and dissimilar others among a sample of US Democrats and Republicans. Affective polarization is negatively related to involvement in cross-cutting discussions, suggesting that individuals extend their dislike of the opposing political party to out-party members within their online social networks. Moreover, political discussion with one's friends on SNSs plays a mediating role in involvement in both cross-cutting and like-minded discussions. Finally, party identification moderates the relationship between SNS use and involvement in cross-cutting discussions, indicating that Republicans participate more frequently than Democrats in cross-cutting exchanges on SNSs. In the light of these findings, we discuss the contribution of SNSs to the ideals of deliberative democracy. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2017 | 10.1177/1461444816634677 | NEW MEDIA & SOCIETY |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
Affective polarization,cross-cutting discussion,Democrats,Facebook,like-minded discussion,Republicans,social media,social networking sites,Twitter | Social psychology,Social network,Social media,Sociology,Affect (psychology),Politics | Journal |
Volume | Issue | ISSN |
19 | 8 | 1461-4448 |
Citations | PageRank | References |
5 | 0.47 | 4 |
Authors | ||
3 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle A. Heatherly | 1 | 7 | 0.86 |
| Yanqin Lu | 2 | 7 | 0.86 |
| Jae Kook Lee | 3 | 52 | 6.68 |