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Political social media use and its linkage to populist and postmaterialist attitudes and vote intention in the Netherlands

Jeroense, Thijmen, Luimers, Jorrit, Jacobs, Kristof, Spierings, Niels·2022·European Political Science
DOI 10.1057/s41304-020-00306-6
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This study focuses on social media use of citizens from two groups that are often associated with the rise of social media: populist and postmaterialist citizens. Considering their ideological underpinnings, we theorize that they will make more political use of social media and that this further reifies their political attitudes into voting for populist and postmaterialist parties, respectively. Using unique survey data including the relatively new populist attitudes and political use of social media, we test this theory on the Dutch case. We find that both groups do not read political news or connect to politicians more, but both are more likely to react to political content. Moreover, social media use does not seem to lead to a retention in one’s own ideological funnel signified by populist or postmaterialist voting. Among more postmaterialist citizens, passive social media use even makes it more likely to vote for other parties.

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Authors
Jeroense, T., Luimers, J., Jacobs, K., & Spierings, N.
Affiliations
Radboud University Nijmegen (NL)
Corresponding author
Jeroense, Thijmen
ORCID
Venue
European Political Science
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Published
2022-06
Volume
21
Issue
2
Pages
193-215
ISSN
  • 1680-4333 (ISSN-L)
  • 1682-0983
DOI
10.1057/s41304-020-00306-6
OpenAlex
W3123671926
Cited by
14
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2
Citations by year
2025: 1 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 4
FWCI
4.30
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
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Locations
  • European Political Science (publishedVersion)
  • Radboud Repository (Radboud University) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Communication › Social Media and Politics
  • Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Populism, Right-Wing Movements
  • Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Electoral Systems and Political Participation
Keywords
populist attitudes, voting intention, political ideology, passive social media use, political news consumption, populist parties, Dutch voters

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Jeroense, T., Luimers, J., Jacobs, K., & Spierings, N. (2022). Political social media use and its linkage to populist and postmaterialist attitudes and vote intention in the Netherlands. European Political Science. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41304-020-00306-6