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Do Intensive Public Debates on Direct-Democratic Ballots Narrow the Gender Gap in Social Media Use?
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Abstract Despite the growing importance of new technologies, research on individual opinion formation in the digital domain is still in its infancy. This article empirically examines citizens’ use of social media in the context of direct democracy. Based on previous work, we expect men to form their opinions... mehr
Despite the growing importance of new technologies, research on individual opinion formation in the digital domain is still in its infancy. This article empirically examines citizens’ use of social media in the context of direct democracy. Based on previous work, we expect men to form their opinions on social media more frequently than women (gender gap hypothesis). In the second step, we focus on the contextual level by examining the role campaigns play in reducing this discrepancy. More specifically, we hypothesize that the presumed gender gap narrows in accordance with the increasing intensity of public debates that precede ballots (interaction hypothesis). The empirical analysis draws on 13 post-ballot surveys held at Switzerland’s federal level from 2016 to 2020 and supports both the gender gap and the interaction hypotheses.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Schweiz; Kampagne; direkte Demokratie; Digitalisierung; Soziale Medien; politische Kommunikation; Meinungsbildung; geschlechtsspezifische Faktoren; Volksentscheid
Klassifikation
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
interaktive, elektronische Medien
Freie Schlagwörter
digitization; gender gap; media coverage; political communication; public debate
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2023
Seitenangabe
S. 31-42
Zeitschriftentitel
Media and Communication, 11 (2023) 1
Heftthema
Referendum Campaigns in the Digital Age
ISSN
2183-2439
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)