Race, social media news use, and political participation

被引：4
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作者：
Wang, Luxuan [1 ]
机构：
[1] Rutgers State Univ, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 USA
来源：
JOURNAL OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & POLITICS | 2022年 / 19卷 / 01期
关键词：
social media; news consumption; race; political participation; democratic divide; voting; social networking sites; DEMOCRATIC DIVIDE; DIGITAL DIVIDE; INFORMATION; COMMUNICATION; MOBILIZATION; AFFORDANCES; INEQUALITY; INTERNET;
D O I：
10.1080/19331681.2021.1923497
中图分类号：
G2 [信息与知识传播];
学科分类号：
05 ; 0503 ;
摘要：
This research examines how race moderates the association between social media news consumption and political participation. Through an analysis of Pew Research Center survey data, this study finds that social networking sites (SNS) are crucial for racial minorities' political participation. Racial minorities showed a higher level of SNS usage for news consumption, and Black people exhibited significantly higher levels of online political participation than White people, especially when SNS news consumption was at a low frequency. Yet the association between SNS news use and online participation was stronger for White people than Black people. In contrast, this research did not find a significant racial gap in offline voting engagement nor extra democratic benefits of SNS news consumption for racial minorities.
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页码：83 / 97
页数：15
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