Patterns of Polarizing Communication During COVID-19 : Emotionality, Incivility, Conflict, and Negativity in Facebook Posts of Government and Opposition Leaders
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Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/21028" target="_blank" >https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/21028</a>
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Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Patterns of Polarizing Communication During COVID-19 : Emotionality, Incivility, Conflict, and Negativity in Facebook Posts of Government and Opposition Leaders
Original language description
Contemporary politics has been filled with increasing political disagreements beyond opinion contestation essential for democratic competition. This study examines the polarizing communication of government and opposition leaders on the social networking site Facebook in the Czech Republic during the COVID-19 pandemic. Bringing a communication approach to the social identity perspective on polarization, we conceptualize polarizing communication as simultaneous expressions of in-group favoritism toward allies and out-group hostility toward opponents in political messages. We empirically examine the role of negativity and affiliation with a populist party and the government in using polarizing communication during different pandemic waves. We use the data from a manual content analysis (n = 1,581) of social media content created by government actors (prime minister, ministers) and leaders of opposition parties (2020–2021). Our results reveal that polarizing communication during a crisis is associated with the use of incivility and conflict in political messages, and its usage depends on the characteristics of political actors driving it, with populist and opposition leaders employing polarizing communication more.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50802 - Media and socio-cultural communication
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/LX22NPO5101" target="_blank" >LX22NPO5101: The National Institute for Research on the Socioeconomic Impact of Diseases and Systemic Risks</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
International Journal of Communication
ISSN
1932-8036
e-ISSN
1932-8036
Volume of the periodical
18
Issue of the periodical within the volume
October
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
22
Pages from-to
4704-4725
UT code for WoS article
001354504300013
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85210634806