Like-minded and cross-cutting talk, network characteristics, and political participation online and...

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Beteiligte: Matthes, Jörg, Marquart, Franziska, Sikorski, Christian von
In: Communications, 46, 2021, 1, S. 113-126
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Walter de Gruyter GmbH
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Umfang: 113-126
ISSN: 1613-4087
0341-2059
DOI: 10.1515/commun-2020-2080
veröffentlicht in: Communications
Sprache: Englisch
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Kollektion: Walter de Gruyter GmbH (CrossRef)
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<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>