Partisan selective exposure in times of political and technological upheaval: a social media field experiment
Abstract: Contemporary democracies are increasingly shaped by a surge of populism, posing serious threats to the idea of liberal democracy. Particularly in the run-up to elections, knowledge of such threats is essential for citizens to cast an informed vote. Against this background, the present study examined the likelihood of media users to engage with political news providing critical perspectives on populist movements in a 24-hour social media field experiment during the 2017 federal election campaign in Germany (N = 210). Based on two selective exposure measures, findings suggest that exposure to critical news is contingent upon the conceptualization of populist partisanship as a political orientation of either high commitment (i.e., voting intention) or high affinity (i.e., sympathy for a party). While high commitment triggered a rather classic confirmation bias, especially regarding click decisions, high affinity caused selection patterns to be more strongly guided by informational uti
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
- Sprache
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Englisch
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Veröffentlichungsversion
begutachtet (peer reviewed)
In: Media and Communication ; 7 (2019) 3 ; 42-53
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Politik
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Veröffentlichung
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Mannheim
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2019
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Mothes, Cornelia
Ohme, Jakob
- DOI
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10.17645/mac.v7i3.2183
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-2019112106152428114007
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Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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14.08.2025, 10:53 MESZ
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Beteiligte
- Mothes, Cornelia
- Ohme, Jakob
Entstanden
- 2019
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