One way or another? Discussion disagreement and attitudinal homogeneity on social networking sites as pathways to polarization in Czechia

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MACKOVÁ Alena NOVOTNÁ Martina ČEJKOVÁ Lucie HRBKOVÁ Lenka

Year of publication 2024
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Journal of Information Technology & Politics
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Faculty of Social Studies

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Web article - open access
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19331681.2023.2202650
Keywords Social networking sites; affective polarization; disagreement; political antagonism; negativity; politically motivated unfriending; network homogeneity
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Description This study focuses on social networking sites and their role in partisan-based affective polarization and political antagonism. We examine the relationship by testing variables that indicate selective exposure to counter-attitudinal and pro-attitudinal information. The results from Czech survey data (n?=?2,792) collected in 2020 show a positive relationship between both perceived discussion disagreement and attitudinal homogeneity of the network to political antagonism, and a positive relationship between the perceived attitudinal homogeneity of the network and affective polarization. The results thus question the existence of a single universal social media use pattern contributing to polarization.
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