The Informational Consequences of Populism: Social Media News Use and 'News Finds Me' Perception
| Autor: | González-González, Pablo, Marcos-Marné, Hugo, Llamazares, Iván, Gil de Zúñiga, Homero |
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| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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Publizistische Medien
Journalismus Verlagswesen Politikwissenschaft News media journalism publishing Political science News Finds Me perception interaktive elektronische Medien politische Willensbildung politische Soziologie politische Kultur Interactive electronic Media Political Process Elections Political Sociology Political Culture Nachrichten Populismus politische Einstellung Informationsverhalten Soziale Medien Nutzung Italien Portugal Südeuropa news populism political attitude information-seeking behavior social media utilization Italy Southern Europe |
| Zdroj: | Politics and Governance, 10, 1, 197-209, Analyzing Citizen Engagement with European Politics Through Social Media |
| Druh dokumentu: | Zeitschriftenartikel<br />journal article |
| ISSN: | 2183-2463 |
| DOI: | 10.17645/pag.v10i1.4772 |
| Popis: | Prior studies have theorized a positive association between people’s populist attitudes and an increased use of social media to consume news, which will be mainly driven by individuals' engagement with news that reflects their people-centered, anti-elitist, and Manichean understanding of politics. However, such general connection remains elusive. This research seeks to further clarify this strand of the literature by incorporating people’s belief that important political information will find them without actively seeking news - "News Finds Me" perception (NFM). For that, we use online survey data from two European countries that differ regarding the ideological political supply side of populism (Italy and Portugal). The main results suggest that citizens who hold stronger populist attitudes will also develop stronger NFM. Furthermore, findings reveal a mediating effect of social media news use on the effects of populist attitudes over NFM. That is, those who hold stronger populist attitudes tend to use social media to get exposed to public affairs news more often, which in turn explains the development of the NFM. These results emphasize the importance of systematically exploring citizens populists’ attitudes within today's social media, social networks, and complex information systems. |
| Databáze: | SSOAR – Social Science Open Access Repository |
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