Predicting Online Political Participation
The Importance of Selection Bias and Selective Exposure in the Online Setting
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6340903 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jessica T Feezell (0000-0001-5630-6752, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 69 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 495-509 |
| Publication date | 2016-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Research Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1065-9129 • E-ISSN: 1938-274X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1065912916652503 |
| OpenAlex | W2415395013 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 38 |
| References cited | 47 |
Although we have a broad understanding of the factors that predict traditional forms of political participation, we know comparatively less about the determinants of online political participation. Among the limited research that explores the predictors of online political participation, news seeking is often found to be an important factor; however, many studies fail to consider selective exposure and the distinct influence of differing types of information. In this study, I ask, “What factors predict online participation, and what role does selective exposure play in this relationship?” Using a nationally representative sample ( N = 2,250) and a selection model to correct for biased estimates of online political participation, I find that online political participation is not well predicted by the same resource-related determinants that influence traditional participation; specifically, income and age are unrelated to online political participation among Internet users. Second, I find that exposure to political information that reinforces one’s point of view predicts higher levels of online political participation when compared with differing information or information with no point of view. Finally, I conduct a subset analysis of partisan identifiers to examine differences in these relationships among Republicans and Democrats
Online participation · Political communication · Political science · Politics · Sample (material · The Internet · Computer Science · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection · Law · Psychology · Social Media and Politics · Social Psychology
The Paradox of Participation Versus Misinformation
Gender differences in the use of online platforms for political participation
Soziale Bewegungen und Politik in Zimbabwe
Is Social Media News More Subjective? 😱 A Comparative Study of British Quality and Popular News Sources’ Adaptation to Facebook
Attitudes or Emotions as News Compasses? Comparing Attitudinal and Emotional Guidance in Selecting News About Migration
Group Consciousness and Corrective Action
Communication Mediation Model Predicting Political Participation among Instant Messaging App Users
Social viewing of news and political participation
Issues, involvement, and influence
A Relationship Between Political Participation and Perception of Fairness
Exploring fear of friendship over (Fofo) in social media political participation during the 2022 Philippine presidential elections
Empowering the religious minority
Climate Change and YouTube
Decentralizing electoral campaigns? New-old parties, grassroots and digital activism
Who Gets a Voice Online? Family Resources, Gender, and Cohort Differences in Youth Political Participation in Europe
Political participation on social media
Feminist women’s online political participation
Perils of political engagement? Examining the relationship between online political participation and perceived electoral integrity during 2020 US election
Social networks of independents and partisans
Disagreement Without Deterrence
Who Expresses Opinions in a Hostile Online Forum Environment and When
Trust in Government and Participation in Democracy
Mutual influences between climate change communication and expressive participation on Weibo
Social media and youth political engagement
Ethnic Minorities’ Social Media Political Use
Feminism! What Is It Good For? The Role of Feminism and Political Self-Efficacy in Women’s Online Political Participation
Feminist Identity and Online Activism in Four Countries From 2019 to 2023
Online and Social Media Political Participation
Racial Politics and the Presidency
Globalizing information networks, social media, and participation
Will political disagreement silence political expression? The role of information repertoire filtration and discussion network heterogeneity
The impact of intolerance on young people’s online political participation
Participating Locally and Nationally
Traditional Versus Internet Media in a Restricted Information Environment
Partisan collaboration in policy adoption
The continuous expansion of citizen participation
Voting in the Echo Chamber? Patterns of Political Online Activities and Voting Behavior in Switzerland
Partisan Polarization Is the Primary Psychological Motivation behind Political Fake News Sharing on Twitter
What Americans know about politics and why it matters
Citizens, Politics and Social Communication
Digitally Enabled Social Change
The Statistical Analysis of Quasi-Experiments
The Hybrid Media System
Good News for the Future? Young People, Internet Use, and Political Participation
Ideological Segregation Online and Offline
Information, Interaction, and Creative Production
Bowling alone
‘Let’s Get Them Involved’ . . . to Some Extent
Social media use and participation
Red Media, Blue Media
Social Media, Political Expression, and Political Participation
The filter bubble
Civic Life Online
Niche News
Digital Democracy
Participation or Communication? An Explication of Political Activity in the Internet Age
Online Political Participation in Spain
Political Participation and Ideological News Online
Selective Exposure for Better or Worse
Social Media Use for News and Individuals' Social Capital, Civic Engagement and Political Participation
Reinforcing Spirals
Voice and Equality
Social Structure and Citizenship
Conceptualizing and Measuring Participation in the Age of the Internet
Is Polarization a Myth
All the News You Want to Hear
Communication and Public Opinion
Is Online Participation Distinct from Offline Participation? A Latent Class Analysis of Participation Types and Their Stratification
Partisan News and Political Participation
Does Internet Use Affect Engagement? A Meta-Analysis of Research
A Turn Toward Avoidance? Selective Exposure to Online Political Information, 2004–2008
Analyzing the representativeness of internet political participation
The Big Five Personality Traits in the Political Arena
The Two Faces of Public Opinion
The Consequences of Cross-Cutting Networks for Political Participation
The Internet, Public Spheres, and Political Communication
A New Era of Minimal Effects? The Changing Foundations of Political Communication
Weapon of the Strong? Participatory Inequality and the Internet
Explaining political sophistication
The Public Sphere
Political conservatism as motivated social cognition
Networks in Context
| Unique citing works | 38 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4,22 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 38 |