Breakdowns in Mediated Conversations: How and Why Youth Exit Cross-cutting Political Talk on Social Media

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dc.contributor.authorLee, Ashley
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-24T17:47:23Z
dc.date.available2021-12-24T17:47:23Z
dc.date.issued2022-01-04
dc.description.abstractSocial media platforms are arguably reshaping how youth participate in politics today, but little is known about how youth navigate cross-cutting talk with different-minded others online. Based on in-depth interviews, this study examines the discursive strategies civic-minded youth employ to talk politics across lines of political difference on social media. Applying Hirschman (1970) to informal political talk, this study surfaces young people’s “voice” and “exit” strategies in cross-cutting political talk. Findings suggest that civic youth are well-versed in elements of rational deliberative discourse. However, youth appear to struggle when it comes to relational discourse that emphasizes reciprocity and relational listening. Youth tended to exit from political talk with different-minded others on social media. The low barriers for exit from cross-cutting talk on social media, combined with various psychosocial, dispositional factors, raise concerns about young people’s premature exits from democratic engagement on social media.
dc.format.extent10 pages
dc.identifier.doi10.24251/HICSS.2022.394
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-9981331-5-7
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/79728
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of the 55th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectMediated Conversation
dc.subjectdisagreement
dc.subjectonline conflict
dc.subjectpolitical talk
dc.subjectsocial media
dc.subjectyouth
dc.titleBreakdowns in Mediated Conversations: How and Why Youth Exit Cross-cutting Political Talk on Social Media
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