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Influencing Myself: Self-Reinforcement Through Online Political Expression
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Over the past decade, various online communication platforms have empowered citizens to express themselves politically. Although the political impact of online citizen expression has drawn considerable attention, research has largely focused on whether and how citizen-generated messages influence the public as an information alternative to traditional news outlets. The present study aims to provide a new perspective on understanding citizen expression by examining its political implications for the expressers themselves rather than those exposed to the expressed ideas. Data from a national survey and an online discussion forum study suggest that expressing oneself about politics provides self-reinforcing feedback. Political expressions on social media and the online forum were found to (a) reinforce the expressers’ partisan thought process and (b) harden their pre-existing political preferences. Implications for the role the Internet plays in democracy will be discussed.
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- Authors
- Cho, J., Ahmed, S., Keum, H., Choi, Y. J., & Lee, J. H.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Davis (US)
- Sungkyunkwan University (KR)
- Ewha Womans University (KR)
- Kyung Hee University (KR)
- Corresponding author
- Cho, Jaeho
- Venue
- Communication Research
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2016-04-20
- Volume
- 45
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 83-111
- ISSN
- 0093-6502 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-3810
- OpenAlex
- W2336724834
- Cited by
- 116
- References
- 74
- Citations by year
- 2026: 10 · 2025: 18 · 2024: 15 · 2023: 16 · 2022: 15 · 2021: 17 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 4
- FWCI
- 16.02
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- escholarship.org
- Locations
- Communication Research (publishedVersion)
- eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Communication › Social Media and Politics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Media Influence and Politics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Misinformation and Its Impacts
- Keywords
- self-reinforcement, online political expression, citizen-generated content, social media, online forums, political polarization, partisan identity, political preferences, feedback effects, internet and democracy
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