TY - JOUR
T1 - New voices in the public sphere
T2 - A comparative analysis of interpersonal and online political talk
AU - Stromer-Galley, Jennifer
N1 - Funding Information:
1. Data for this study came from the Edialogue Project at the Annenberg School for Communication. University of Pennsylvania. Vincent Price and Joseph N. Cappella. Principle Investigators. The Edialogue Project was funded in part by a grant from the Pew Charitable
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - Political conversation for many people is a taboo activity, particularly with acquaintances or strangers. Online, there are a wealth of political conversation spaces, designed for acquaintances and strangers to interact. The question is are there people talking politics online who do not do so face-to-face. This essay presents findings on people's reported political conversation behaviour online and offline from secondary survey analysis of a research project studying the effects of political deliberation. The survey analysis suggests that there are people who talk politics online who do not do so in face-to-face situations, and they are categorically different than those who do so face-to-face. The Internet may provide a new context for political conversation for those who would not normally engage in face-to-face political conversations, thus bringing new voices into the public sphere.
AB - Political conversation for many people is a taboo activity, particularly with acquaintances or strangers. Online, there are a wealth of political conversation spaces, designed for acquaintances and strangers to interact. The question is are there people talking politics online who do not do so face-to-face. This essay presents findings on people's reported political conversation behaviour online and offline from secondary survey analysis of a research project studying the effects of political deliberation. The survey analysis suggests that there are people who talk politics online who do not do so in face-to-face situations, and they are categorically different than those who do so face-to-face. The Internet may provide a new context for political conversation for those who would not normally engage in face-to-face political conversations, thus bringing new voices into the public sphere.
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U2 - 10.1080/13183222.2002.11008798
DO - 10.1080/13183222.2002.11008798
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:0347937371
SN - 1318-3222
VL - 9
SP - 23
EP - 41
JO - Javnost
JF - Javnost
IS - 2
ER -