Datafication Markers: Curation and User Network Effects on Mobilization and Polarization During Elections

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Autor(a) principal: Gagrčin, Emilija
Data de Publicação: 2023
Outros Autores: Ohme, Jakob, Buttgereit, Lina, Grünewald, Felix
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v11i3.6641
Resumo: Social media platforms are crucial sources of political information during election campaigns, with datafication processes underlying the algorithmic curation of newsfeeds. Recognizing the role of individuals in shaping datafication processes and leveraging the metaphor of news attraction, we study the impact of user curation and networks on mobilization and polarization. In a two-wave online panel survey (n = 943) conducted during the 2021 German federal elections, we investigate the influence of self-reported user decisions, such as following politicians, curating their newsfeed, and being part of politically interested networks, on changes in five democratic key variables: vote choice certainty, campaign participation, turnout, issue reinforcement, and affective polarization. Our findings indicate a mobilizing rather than polarizing effect of algorithmic election news exposure and highlight the relevance of users’ political networks on algorithmic platforms.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Datafication Markers: Curation and User Network Effects on Mobilization and Polarization During Elections
title Datafication Markers: Curation and User Network Effects on Mobilization and Polarization During Elections
spellingShingle Datafication Markers: Curation and User Network Effects on Mobilization and Polarization During Elections
Gagrčin, Emilija
algorithmic platforms; datafication; election campaigns; mobilization; polarization
title_short Datafication Markers: Curation and User Network Effects on Mobilization and Polarization During Elections
title_full Datafication Markers: Curation and User Network Effects on Mobilization and Polarization During Elections
title_fullStr Datafication Markers: Curation and User Network Effects on Mobilization and Polarization During Elections
title_full_unstemmed Datafication Markers: Curation and User Network Effects on Mobilization and Polarization During Elections
title_sort Datafication Markers: Curation and User Network Effects on Mobilization and Polarization During Elections
author Gagrčin, Emilija
author_facet Gagrčin, Emilija
Ohme, Jakob
Buttgereit, Lina
Grünewald, Felix
author_role author
author2 Ohme, Jakob
Buttgereit, Lina
Grünewald, Felix
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Gagrčin, Emilija
Ohme, Jakob
Buttgereit, Lina
Grünewald, Felix
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv algorithmic platforms; datafication; election campaigns; mobilization; polarization
topic algorithmic platforms; datafication; election campaigns; mobilization; polarization
description Social media platforms are crucial sources of political information during election campaigns, with datafication processes underlying the algorithmic curation of newsfeeds. Recognizing the role of individuals in shaping datafication processes and leveraging the metaphor of news attraction, we study the impact of user curation and networks on mobilization and polarization. In a two-wave online panel survey (n = 943) conducted during the 2021 German federal elections, we investigate the influence of self-reported user decisions, such as following politicians, curating their newsfeed, and being part of politically interested networks, on changes in five democratic key variables: vote choice certainty, campaign participation, turnout, issue reinforcement, and affective polarization. Our findings indicate a mobilizing rather than polarizing effect of algorithmic election news exposure and highlight the relevance of users’ political networks on algorithmic platforms.
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