Patterns of Polarizing Communication During COVID-19 : Emotionality, Incivility, Conflict, and Negativity in Facebook Posts of Government and Opposition Leaders

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/21028" target="_blank" >https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/21028</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Patterns of Polarizing Communication During COVID-19 : Emotionality, Incivility, Conflict, and Negativity in Facebook Posts of Government and Opposition Leaders

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

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.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Patterns of Polarizing Communication During COVID-19 : Emotionality, Incivility, Conflict, and Negativity in Facebook Posts of Government and Opposition Leaders

Popis výsledku anglicky

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.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50802 - Media and socio-cultural communication

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/LX22NPO5101" target="_blank" >LX22NPO5101: Národní institut pro výzkum socioekonomických dopadů nemocí a systémových rizik</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2024

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

International Journal of Communication

ISSN

1932-8036

e-ISSN

1932-8036

Svazek periodika

18

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

October

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

22

Strana od-do

4704-4725

Kód UT WoS článku

001354504300013

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85210634806