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In: | Communications, 46, 2021, 1, S. 113-126 |
veröffentlicht: |
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
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Medientyp: | Artikel, E-Artikel |
Umfang: | 113-126 |
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ISSN: |
1613-4087
0341-2059 |
DOI: | 10.1515/commun-2020-2080 |
veröffentlicht in: | Communications |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Schlagwörter: | |
Kollektion: | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (CrossRef) |
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>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.</jats:p> |