Content-expressive behavior and ideological extremity: An examination of the roles of emotional intelligence and information network heterogeneity. (February 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Barnidge, Matthew; Ardèvol-Abreu, Alberto; Gil de Zúñiga, Homero
• Is Part Of: New media & society. Volume 20:Number 2(2018)
• Page Start: 815
• Page End: 834
• Publication Date: 2018-02
• Subjects: Affective publics -- citizen journalism -- content creation -- emotional intelligence -- ideological extremity -- political expression -- social media -- social networks; Mass media -- Social aspects -- Periodicals; Mass media and culture -- Periodicals; Information technology -- Social aspects -- Periodicals; Internet -- Social aspects -- Periodicals; 302.2305
• DOI: 10.1177/1461444816675183
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1461-4448

Abstract

One thriving area of research on participatory media revolves around political expression and the creation of political content. This study analyzes the connections between these behaviors, heterogeneous information networks, and ideological extremity while accounting for the role of emotional intelligence. Results from a two-wave-panel survey of US adults show that people who engage in content-expressive behavior are embedded in heterogeneous information networks and that emotional intelligence moderates the relationship between content-expressive behavior and ideological extremity.