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ABSTRACT
An online survey was conducted to explore the political consequences of Facebook political discussion disagreement. It found that within-party disagreement was positively associated with awareness of rationales for oppositional views, political tolerance, and lateness of voting decision but was negatively related to political participation (indicated by voting behavior and Facebook political participation). Between-party disagreement, however, was negatively associated with lateness of voting decision but positively related to political participation. The divergent relationships of discussion disagreement with lateness of voting decision and voting behavior were explained by ambivalent political views. These findings shed light on the democratic implications of discussion disagreement.
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Wording for the survey questions can be accessed on the publisher’s website.
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Xiaoxia Cao
Xiaoxia Cao (PhD, University of Pennsylvania) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA. Her research interests include media effects, persuasion, media psychology, political communication and health communication.