Chapter One way or another? Discussion disagreement and attitudinal homogeneity on social networking sites as pathways to polarization in Czechia
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| Year of publication | 2024 |
| Type | Chapter of a book |
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| Description | This study focuses on social networking sites and their role in partisan-based affective polarization and political antagonism. We examine the relationship by testing variables that indicate selective exposure to counter-attitudinal and pro-attitudinal information. The results from Czech survey data (n?=?2,792) collected in 2020 show a positive relationship between both perceived discussion disagreement and attitudinal homogeneity of the network to political antagonism, and a positive relationship between the perceived attitudinal homogeneity of the network and affective polarization. The results thus question the existence of a single universal social media use pattern contributing to polarization. |
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