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Comparing Online and Offline Political Support
Author(s) -
Brandenberger Laurence,
Casiraghi Giona,
Andres Georges,
Schweighofer Simon,
Schweitzer Frank
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
swiss political science review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.632
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1662-6370
pISSN - 1424-7755
DOI - 10.1111/spsr.12524
Subject(s) - homophily , online and offline , politics , interpersonal communication , interpersonal influence , predictive power , range (aeronautics) , social psychology , psychology , political science , law , engineering , philosophy , epistemology , aerospace engineering
Do politicians carry on their interpersonal relations online? We examine how online political support compares to offline support. We overlay two data sets on political support among members of the Swiss National Council to estimate the explanatory power of online endorsements on offline cosponsorship signatures among members, using a gHypEG network regression model. Whereas offline support behavior is driven by a broad range of factors, such as network and homophily effects, endorsement is less diverse. Our findings show that online endorsement is predominantly driven by partisanship and does not mirror the richness found in offline support behavior.