Abstract:Abstract:Although recent research suggests that the selective nature of new media helps foster issue specialists, little empirical evidence has been documented, mostly due to theoretical and methodological limitations. Extending the concept of issue publics, the present study proposes a method to estimate the degree to which an individual is a specialist-or a generalist-type citizen. Applying the method to the 2008 American National Election Studies data, the study reveals various characteristics of specialist… Show more
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