Conspiracy Beliefs, Misinformation, Social Media Platforms, and Protest Participation
| Autor: | Boulianne, Shelley, Lee, Sangwon |
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| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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Politikwissenschaft
Publizistische Medien Journalismus Verlagswesen Political science News media journalism publishing TikTok Twitch YouTube conspiracy cross-national misinformation politische Willensbildung politische Soziologie politische Kultur interaktive elektronische Medien Wirkungsforschung Rezipientenforschung Political Process Elections Political Sociology Political Culture Interactive electronic Media Impact Research Recipient Research Desinformation Soziale Medien Protest politische Rechte Meinungsbildung politische Einstellung Demonstration disinformation social media protest political right opinion formation political attitude demonstration |
| Zdroj: | Media and Communication, 10, 4, 30-41, Protesting While Polarized: Digital Activism in Contentious Times |
| Druh dokumentu: | Zeitschriftenartikel<br />journal article |
| ISSN: | 2183-2439 |
| DOI: | 10.17645/mac.v10i4.5667 |
| Popis: | Protest has long been associated with left-wing actors and left-wing causes. However, right-wing actors also engage in protest. Are right-wing actors mobilized by the same factors as those actors on the left? This article uses cross-national survey data (i.e., US, UK, France, and Canada) gathered in February 2021 to assess the role of misinformation, conspiracy beliefs, and the use of different social media platforms in explaining participation in marches or demonstrations. We find that those who use Twitch or TikTok are twice as likely to participate in marches or demonstrations, compared to non-users, but the uses of these platforms are more highly related to participation in right-wing protests than left-wing protests. Exposure to misinformation on social media and beliefs in conspiracy theories also increase the likelihood of participating in protests. Our research makes several important contributions. First, we separate right-wing protest participation from left-wing protest participation, whereas existing scholarship tends to lump these together. Second, we offer new insights into the effects of conspiracy beliefs and misinformation on participation using cross-national data. Third, we examine the roles of emerging social media platforms such as Twitch and TikTok (as well as legacy platforms such as YouTube and Facebook) to better understand the differential roles that social media platforms play in protest participation. |
| Databáze: | SSOAR – Social Science Open Access Repository |
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