Social Media, Messaging Apps, and Affective Polarization in the United States and Japan. Issue 5 (3rd September 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lee, Sangwon; Rojas, Hernando; Yamamoto, Masahiro
• Is Part Of: Mass communication & society. Volume 25:Issue 5(2022)
• Page Start: 673
• Page End: 697
• Publication Date: 2022-09-03
• Subjects: Mass media -- Social aspects -- Periodicals; Mass media and culture -- Periodicals; Communication -- Social aspects -- Periodicals; Communication and culture -- Periodicals; Journalism -- Social aspects -- Periodicals; Médias -- Aspect social -- Périodiques; Médias et culture -- Périodiques; Communication -- Aspect social -- Périodiques; Communication et culture -- Périodiques; Presse -- Aspect social -- Périodiques; Communication and culture; Communication -- Social aspects; Journalism -- Social aspects; Mass media and culture; Mass media -- Social aspects; Periodicals; 302.23
• DOI: 10.1080/15205436.2021.1953534
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1520-5436

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This study explores how emerging media platforms (i.e., social media and messaging apps) contribute to affective political polarization. We rely on cross-national data (USA and Japan), which allows us to explore the broader implications of how emerging media platforms contribute to political polarization in different cultural contexts. The results are very consistent; social media news use is positively related to affective polarization while messaging apps are negatively related in the USA and Japan. In addition, in the USA, the association of messaging app news and affective polarization is amplified by partisanship strength.