Googling Politics: How Offloading Affects Voting and Political Knowledge

Kleinberg, Mona S.; Lau, Richard R.

doi:10.1111/pops.12689

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“…The body of causal evidence on political knowledge looks relatively promising for this relationship, too. Multiple articles found that enhanced engagement with digital media increased political knowledge [64,67,69,71] and that increased engagement with political content on social media increased political interest among adolescents [107]. In line with these findings, it has been reported that political messages on social media, as well as faster download speed, can increase information-seeking in the political domain [64,68].…”

Section: Few Articles Have Shed Light On Causal Effects Between Social Media Use and Trust A Field Experiments In The Unitedmentioning

confidence: 78%

“…In our sample, causal analyses of the effects of digital media on political participation in Western democracies mostly studied voting and voter turnout [61,64,68,[71][72][73]; articles concerned with other regions of the world focused on political protest behavior [56,58,63]. Other articles considered online political participation [62,68].…”

Section: Effects On Key Political Variablesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This underscores an important point: Some seemingly paradoxical results can potentially be resolved by looking more closely at context and specific outcome measurement. The former observation of diverse news exposure might fit with the positive relationship between digital media and knowledge reported in [64,71,90,91,98], and the homophilic social structures could be connected to the prevalence of hate speech and anti-outgroup sentiments [116,[148][149][150][151].…”

Section: Few Articles Have Shed Light On Causal Effects Between Social Media Use and Trust A Field Experiments In The Unitedmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A Systematic Review of Worldwide Causal and Correlational Evidence on Digital Media and Democracy

Lorenz-Spreen¹,

Oswald²,

Lewandowsky³

et al. 2021

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One of today's most controversial and consequential questions is whether the rapid, worldwide uptake of digital media is causally related to a decline in democracy. We conducted a systematic review of causal and correlational evidence (N=498 articles) on the link between digital media and different political variables, such as trust, polarization or news consumption. We further focused on the subset of articles that employed causal inference methods. Across methods, the articles report associations between digital media use and most political variables. Some associations, such as increases in political participation and information consumption, are likely to be beneficial for democracy and were often observed in the Global South and emerging democracies. Other consistently reported associations, such as declining political trust, advantages for populists, and growing polarization, are likely to be detrimental to democracy and were more pronounced in established democracies. We conclude that while the impact of digital media on democracy depends on the specific political variable and the political system in question, several variables show clear directions of associations. We believe that the evidence calls for further research efforts and vigilance by governments and civil societies to better understand and actively design the intimate interplay of digital media and democracy.

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Section: Few Articles Have Shed Light On Causal Effects Between Social Media Use and Trust A Field Experiments In The Unitedmentioning

confidence: 78%

Section: Effects On Key Political Variablesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Few Articles Have Shed Light On Causal Effects Between Social Media Use and Trust A Field Experiments In The Unitedmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A Systematic Review of Worldwide Causal and Correlational Evidence on Digital Media and Democracy

Lorenz-Spreen¹,

Oswald²,

Lewandowsky³

et al. 2021

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“…Causal analyses of the effects of digital media on political participation in established democracies mostly studied voting and voter turnout 64,67,71,[74][75][76] ; articles concerned with other regions of the world rather focused on political protest behaviour 59,61,66 . Other articles considered online political participation 65,71 .…”

Section: Effects On Key Political Variablesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The former observation of diverse news exposure might fit with the beneficial relationship between digital media and knowledge reported in refs. 67,74,94,95,102 , and the homophilic social structures could be connected to the prevalence of hate speech and anti-outgroup sentiments 120,[152][153][154][155] .…”

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A systematic review of worldwide causal and correlational evidence on digital media and democracy

et al. 2022

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One of today’s most controversial and consequential issues is whether the global uptake of digital media is causally related to a decline in democracy. We conducted a systematic review of causal and correlational evidence (N = 496 articles) on the link between digital media use and different political variables. Some associations, such as increasing political participation and information consumption, are likely to be beneficial for democracy and were often observed in autocracies and emerging democracies. Other associations, such as declining political trust, increasing populism and growing polarization, are likely to be detrimental to democracy and were more pronounced in established democracies. While the impact of digital media on political systems depends on the specific variable and system in question, several variables show clear directions of associations. The evidence calls for research efforts and vigilance by governments and civil societies to better understand, design and regulate the interplay of digital media and democracy.

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Cultural dynamics of digital space: Democracy, civic engagement and youth participation in virtual spheres

Saud,

Ida,

Mashud

et al. 2023

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

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Googling Politics: How Offloading Affects Voting and Political Knowledge

Cited by 6 publications

References 43 publications

A Systematic Review of Worldwide Causal and Correlational Evidence on Digital Media and Democracy

A Systematic Review of Worldwide Causal and Correlational Evidence on Digital Media and Democracy

A systematic review of worldwide causal and correlational evidence on digital media and democracy

Cultural dynamics of digital space: Democracy, civic engagement and youth participation in virtual spheres

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