We’re a good match: Selective political friending on social networking sites

IF 1.5 4区 文学 Q2 COMMUNICATION
Manuel Cargnino, German Neubaum, Stephan Winter
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Abstract To date, the role of user behavior in the formation of politically homogeneous online environments (oftentimes called echo chambers) is not fully understood. Building on selective exposure research, we introduce the notion of selective political friending, that is, the preference for political like-mindedness in social affiliations on social networking sites. In a pre-registered laboratory experiment with users of social networking sites in Germany (N = 199), we find that users preferably build connections with those who share their opinions toward controversial political issues. Political like-mindedness outperforms other friending criteria such as popularity or career-related fit with another user. Political friending is pronounced when individuals’ pre-existing opinions are strong. The present study points to the necessity to take the motivational complexity into account when studying phenomena linked to political homogeneity on SNS.
我们很般配:在社交网站上有选择性地成为政治朋友
迄今为止,用户行为在政治同质网络环境(通常称为回声室)形成中的作用尚未完全理解。在选择性暴露研究的基础上,我们引入了选择性政治朋友的概念,即在社交网站上的社会关系中对政治志同道合的偏好。在对德国社交网站用户(N = 199)进行的一项预先注册的实验室实验中,我们发现用户更倾向于与那些对有争议的政治问题持相同观点的人建立联系。政治志同道合比其他交友标准更重要,比如受欢迎程度或与另一个用户的职业契合度。当个人先前存在的观点很强烈时,政治友谊就很明显。本研究指出,在研究社交网络上与政治同质性相关的现象时,有必要考虑动机复杂性。
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期刊介绍: The European Journal of Communication Research is an established forum for scholarship and academic debate in the field of communication science and research from a European perspective. Communication science is concerned with the investigation of the structure and function of communication processes and their impact on society, social groups and individuals. The European Journal of Communication Research highlights the concerns of this discipline through the publication of articles, research reports, review essays and book reviews on theoretical and methodological developments considered from a European perspective. Communications seeks new and original European research material in the fields of interpersonal communication, intercultural communication and mass communication.
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