A Boost or Bust for Democracy?
A Boost or Bust for Democracy?
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DOI：
10.1177/1081180x03008003002
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发表时间：
2003-07
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Thomas J. Johnson;Barbara K. Kaye
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作者：
Thomas J. Johnson;Barbara K. Kaye
本研究在2000年总统大选期间对442名对政治感兴趣的网络用户进行了在线调查，以研究在控制人口统计学、政治态度和传统媒体使用情况后，依赖网络获取政治信息对政治兴趣、竞选兴趣、政治参与、投票可能性和投票行为的影响程度。这项研究的结果进行了比较，在1996年总统竞选期间进行的类似的一个。受访者总体上对政治非常感兴趣，对2000年的竞选活动非常感兴趣，表示投票的可能性很高，而且几乎所有人都投票了。互联网似乎使人们参与政治，因为近三分之二的人声称，自从他们第一次成为网上用户以来，他们对政治的参与有所增加或大大增加。与1996年相比，对政治感兴趣的互联网用户更有可能在2000年报告说，他们认为自己有能力带来政治变革，他们对总统竞选非常感兴趣，他们更有可能投票。网络似乎至少是公民参与增加的部分原因，因为对网络的依赖是政治态度的最强预测因素。
This study employed an online survey of 442 politically interested Web users during the 2000 presidential election to examine the extent to which relying on the Web for political information influences political interest, campaign interest, political involvement, likelihood of voting, and voting behavior after controlling for demographics, political attitudes and use of the traditional media. Results from this study are compared to a similar one conducted during the 1996 presidential campaign. The respondents were highly interested in politics in general, were very interested in the 2000 campaign, expressed a high likelihood to vote, and almost all did vote. The Internet appears to engage people politically as almost two-thirds claim that their involvement in politics has increased or greatly increased since they first became online users. Politically interested Internet users were more likely to report in 2000 than 1996 that they felt they had power to bring about political change, that they were very interested in the presidential campaign, and that they were more likely to vote. The Web appears to be at least partially responsible for this increase in civic engagement as reliance on the Web was the strongest predictor of political attitudes.