The impact of political party support on interpersonal political discussion: Survey evidence from two Chinese societies

The impact of political party support on interpersonal political discussion: Survey evidence from two Chinese societies

• Lee, Francis L. F. School of Journalism and Communication, Chinese University of Hong Kong
• Liu, Frank C. S. Institute of Political Science, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan

Asian Journal of Communication, 24(2), 109-127, 2014

Routledge

2014

• P Social Context of Education
  • PE Law & Education ; Politics & Education
• P Social Context of Education
  • PC Society & Education

Politics - Political Parties and Groups Education and Education Policy - Statistics, Research, Research Methods, and Research Support Government - Forms of Government Politics - Political Ideologies and Movements Media - Journalism and The News Economic Conditions and Policy - Consumers and Consumption Democracy Surveys Consumption Political Parties

• Hong Kong
• Taiwan

• 1997.7 onwards

• Unknown or Unspecified

This study examines whether and how political party support shapes interpersonal political discussion. Drawing upon existing research, party support is hypothesized to lead to more frequent political discussion and lower levels of disagreement within discussion networks. Party support is also hypothesized to moderate the relationship between news consumption and discussion frequency and the relationship between discussion frequency and disagreement. The analysis further explores if the impact of party support varies according to the parties being supported. The hypotheses and research question were examined using data from representative surveys conducted in Hong Kong and Taiwan. The findings illustrate the importance of political party support in structuring citizens' interpersonal political discussions in the consolidated democracy of Taiwan and, though to a lesser extent, in the semi-democratic environment of Hong Kong. In Taiwan, the impact of discussion frequencies on disagreement in discussion network varies according to the party being supported. Implications of the findings are discussed..
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• English

Journal Articles

• 01292986

• 10.1080/01292986.2013.827731

https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/en/bibs/45af5bce

2014-06-30