The 'Deliberative Digital Divide:' Opinion Leadership and Integrative Complexity in the U.S. Political Blogosphere

Autor:	Ashley Muddiman, Scott A. Reid, Sujin Choi, Jennifer Brundidge
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	Sociology and Political Science Social Psychology Integrative complexity media_common.quotation_subject Blogosphere Democratic ideals Opinion leadership Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Style (sociolinguistics) Philosophy Clinical Psychology Deliberative democracy Political Science and International Relations Ideology Sociology Digital divide Social psychology media_common
Zdroj:	Political Psychology. 35:741-755
ISSN:	0162-895X
DOI:	10.1111/pops.12201
Popis:	This study examined the association between political ideology and linguistic indicators of integrative complexity and opinion leadership in U.S. political blog posts (N = 519). Using Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC) text analysis, we found that the posts of conservative bloggers were more integratively simple than those of liberal bloggers. Furthermore, in support of a proposed opinion leadership model of integrative complexity, the relationship between ideology and integrative complexity was mediated by psychological distancing (an indicator of a hierarchical communication style). These findings demonstrate an ideological divide in the extent to which the blogosphere reflects deliberative democratic ideals.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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