TY - JOUR
T1 - Cross-cutting exposure on facebook and political participation
T2 - Unraveling the effects of emotional responses and online incivility
AU - Lu, Yanqin
AU - Myrick, Jessica Gall
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Hogrefe Publishing.
PY - 2016/7
Y1 - 2016/7
N2 - This experiment (N = 193) explores the effects of cross-cutting exposure via social media on two types of political participation. The results reveal that exposure to cross-cutting social media news can motivate cheap participation better than costly participation. Moreover, the mobilizing effects of cross-cutting exposure are mediated by anger and anxiety, as suggested by affective intelligence theory and appraisal theories of emotion. The mediating effects of anxiety are also moderated by online incivility. Implications are discussed in terms of the role of social media use and cross-cutting exposure in participatory democracies.
AB - This experiment (N = 193) explores the effects of cross-cutting exposure via social media on two types of political participation. The results reveal that exposure to cross-cutting social media news can motivate cheap participation better than costly participation. Moreover, the mobilizing effects of cross-cutting exposure are mediated by anger and anxiety, as suggested by affective intelligence theory and appraisal theories of emotion. The mediating effects of anxiety are also moderated by online incivility. Implications are discussed in terms of the role of social media use and cross-cutting exposure in participatory democracies.
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U2 - 10.1027/1864-1105/a000203
DO - 10.1027/1864-1105/a000203
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84990174512
SN - 1864-1105
VL - 28
SP - 100
EP - 110
JO - Journal of Media Psychology
JF - Journal of Media Psychology
IS - 3
ER -