TY - JOUR
T1 - The Influence of Online Political Expression on Disagreement and Incivility
T2 - The Moderating Role of Social Identity
AU - Masood, Muhammad
AU - Meng, Xiang
AU - Oktavianus, Jeffry
AU - Moskovljevic, Milos
AU - Zhang, Nan
AU - Skoric, Marko
N1 - The study was funded by the Strategic Research Grant from the City University of Hong Kong.
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PY - 2024/3/14
Y1 - 2024/3/14
N2 - This study theorized that active political expression on social networking sites (SNS) facilitates political disagreement since it diversifies one’s communication network, which likely leads to political incivility. Additionally, individuals’ social identity might condition this indirect relationship. Relying on a two-wave panel survey in Hong Kong, this study found that political expression on SNS is significantly associated with political disagreement. However, political disagreement does not lead to political incivility, indicating that it does not mediate the relationship between political expression and incivility. Further analysis showed that the mediating relationship between political expression, disagreement, and incivility is only significant for dual identifiers.
AB - This study theorized that active political expression on social networking sites (SNS) facilitates political disagreement since it diversifies one’s communication network, which likely leads to political incivility. Additionally, individuals’ social identity might condition this indirect relationship. Relying on a two-wave panel survey in Hong Kong, this study found that political expression on SNS is significantly associated with political disagreement. However, political disagreement does not lead to political incivility, indicating that it does not mediate the relationship between political expression and incivility. Further analysis showed that the mediating relationship between political expression, disagreement, and incivility is only significant for dual identifiers.
UR - https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/routledg/jbem/2024/00000068/00000002/art00003
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85181936036&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08838151.2024.2304182#abstract
U2 - 10.1080/08838151.2024.2304182
DO - 10.1080/08838151.2024.2304182
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85181936036
SN - 0883-8151
VL - 68
SP - 198
EP - 217
JO - Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media
JF - Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media
IS - 2
ER -
