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Korea Consensus Institute(KCI) (사단법인 코리아컨센서스연구원)
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The Role of Political Agreement and Disagreement of News and Political Discussion on Social Media for Political Participation

  • Received : 2018.08.08
  • Accepted : 2018.09.03
  • Published : 2018.09.30
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Abstract

This study investigates the mobilizing function of political agreement and disagreement in communition mediated by social media. Analyses of a survey found that reception of news consistent with individual political predispositions through social networking sites (SNS) positively related to political participation, whereas reception of counterattitudinal news was unrelated. Similarly, SNS- based discussion with politically agreeing others predicted political participation, whereas discussion with disagreeing people did not contribute to participation. Moreover, attitude-consistent news reception and agreement in political discussion had interactive influences, as the effects of attitude-consistent news on participation become stronger with increases in discussion with agreement. The results suggest that the mobilizing effects of social media mainly work through political agreement rather than disagreement in communication.

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