Partisan Strength and Social Media Use Among Voters During the 2016 Hong Kong Legislative Council Election: Examining the Roles of Ambivalence and Disagreement

Chan, Michael

doi:10.1177/1077699017750857

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“…Facebook provides users with opportunities to engage in cross-cutting discussion by facilitating them to connect with others who have various backgrounds (Brundidge, 2010). While many are reluctant to discuss politics with the other side on social media due to fear of isolation and concerns about social harmony (Chan, 2018; Vraga et al, 2015), those with a higher level of political interest tend to take advantage of such opportunities (Heatherly et al, 2017; Valenzuela and Bachmann, 2015).…”

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Determinants of cross-cutting discussion on Facebook: Political interest, news consumption, and strong-tie heterogeneity

Lee

2020

New Media & Society

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Scholarly debate persists as to whether the use of social networking sites (SNSs) encourages or discourages political discussion with people holding different opinions. Drawing on a national survey, this study focuses on Facebook and explores the predictors of cross-cutting discussion on this platform. The results reveal that political interest is positively associated with cross-cutting discussion and this relationship is mediated by the frequency of news consumption on Facebook, suggesting that Facebook use has the potential of exposing the politically attentive to dissonant views. Furthermore, the level of heterogeneity of a person’s strong-tie network is found to accentuate the mediating effect of Facebook news consumption. Implications are discussed for the impacts of Facebook use on deliberative democracy.

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Determinants of cross-cutting discussion on Facebook: Political interest, news consumption, and strong-tie heterogeneity

Lee

2020

New Media & Society

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“…Partisanship refers the strength of attachment of an individual for a particular political party. We measured partisan strength of respondents on six item measurement scale adapted from the studies of Huddy et al (2010) and Chan (2018). A 5-point Likert scale ranging from weak to extremely strong was used to record the responses of participants.…”

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Social Media and COVID-19 News Sharing: Keeping Political Antecedents in Perspective

Tariq

Shahzad

Zolkepli

2021

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COVID-19 pandemic has piqued the research interest of medical professionals and social scientists. In social sciences COVID-19 based political campaigns and trends on social media have extended their implications in the domain of political communication. The dissemination of COVID-19 news on social media is widespread, however, the political factors influencing the spread of such news are less discussed. To explore these factors, we evaluated empirical data from 390 social media users in Pakistan by applying PLS-SEM modeling. Snowball sampling was implied to collect the data. Political interest, partisanship, political knowledge, and political efficacy were incorporated as antecedents of COVID-19 news sharing on social media. Major findings show political interest as the most significant antecedent of COVID-19 news sharing followed by political knowledge and partisanship. However, political efficacy did not display any significant influence on participants’ intentions of sharing COVID-19 news via social media. Based on the findings, theoretical and policy implications are suggested. Keywords: Social Media; COVID-19 News Sharing; Political Interest; Partisanship; Political Knowledge; Political Efficacy

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“…Second, individuals who report strong affiliation with a political party are more likely to express their political views by sharing or commenting on others' posts on social media (Chan, 2018). To control for the strength of partisanship, we first measured respondents' political affiliation using the following options: strong Democrat, moderate Democrat, Independent, moderate Republican, strong Republican, and other.…”

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When Social Media Get Political: How Perceptions of Open-Mindedness Influence Political Expression on Facebook

Lee

Lane

Kwak

2020

Social Media + Society

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The use of social media for developing and maintaining relationships can offer a gateway for users to open up and express their political views. Building on previous literature on the “spillover effect” in which relational use of social media motivates political expression, this study examines the circumstances under which the “spillover” effect is more likely to occur. To do so, we measured respondents’ (a) dialogic openness and (b) perception of other users’ political open-mindedness to examine how the two perceptions condition the spillover process on social media. Analyzing original panel survey data of Facebook users in the United States, we found that relational use of social media was positively associated with political expression on Facebook over time. Furthermore, there was suggestive evidence that this relationship was more likely to exist among individuals who perceive (a) themselves as dialogically open and (b) the platform as closed-minded and that the two perceptions may interact to condition the spillover effect. Possible explanations for how these self- and other-perceptions jointly shape the spillover process are discussed.

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Partisan Strength and Social Media Use Among Voters During the 2016 Hong Kong Legislative Council Election: Examining the Roles of Ambivalence and Disagreement

Cited by 11 publications

References 32 publications

Determinants of cross-cutting discussion on Facebook: Political interest, news consumption, and strong-tie heterogeneity

Determinants of cross-cutting discussion on Facebook: Political interest, news consumption, and strong-tie heterogeneity

Social Media and COVID-19 News Sharing: Keeping Political Antecedents in Perspective

When Social Media Get Political: How Perceptions of Open-Mindedness Influence Political Expression on Facebook

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