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AUTOR(ES) Jordi Díez , Michelle L. Dion , J. Díez J , Alain De Libera
AFILIAÇÃO(ÕES) University of Guelph
ANO 2018
TIPO Book
PERIÓDICO Latin American Research Review
ISSN 0023-8791
E-ISSN 1542-4278
EDITORA Latin American Studies Association (LASA)
DOI 10.25222/larr.345
CITAÇÕES 3
ADICIONADO EM 2025-08-14
MD5 a89fe92c15142020a5857e3057996f68

Resumo

Research in advanced industrialized democracies on social attitudes toward same-sex marriage suggests that intergroup social contact and positive media coverage play an important role in promoting tolerance and support for same-sex marriage. Using AmericasBarometer survey data for eighteen countries in 2010, 2012, and 2014, this article examines the ways in which individual-level Internet use interacts with news exposure, country-level quality of democracy, Internet penetration, and their association with support for same-sex marriage. The results suggest that not only is Internet use associated with greater support for same-sex marriage, but that among those who both use the Internet and pay more attention to the news, the positive effects are amplified. In addition, national level of democracy, economic development, and Internet use are also associated with overall higher probabilities of supporting same-sex marriage. We find that Internet use has a strong positive association with the probability of supporting same-sex marriage as the percentage of the national population on the Internet increases. These findings extend our understanding of social and political tolerance of same-sex marriage in Latin America.

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