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The effect of social media use on bias of voters' information environment

Research Project

Project/Area Number 26870749
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Politics
Social psychology
Research InstitutionKwansei Gakuin University

Principal Investigator

INAMASU Kazunori  関西学院大学, 社会学部, 准教授 (10582041)

Project Period (FY) 2014-04-01 – 2016-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
Budget Amount *help
¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Keywordsインターネット / 政治知識 / ソーシャルメディア / ウェブ調査 / 副産物的政治学習 / 社会心理学
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Preference-based selective exposure, widening gaps in knowledge about political or international news between news seekers and entertainment fans caused by reducing opportunities for incidental or by-product exposure to news in a high-choice media environment, may become serious in a society made up of less partisan voters. This research focused on this selective exposure and examined whether online services would widen or narrow voters' gaps in political knowledge using an online survey. The results indicate that while exposure to portal sites, newspaper sites, and summary of 2-channel sites decrease in the gap, exposure to news curation applications and Twitter increase in the gap. The implications for possible change in the media environment are discussed.
Keywords: Internet, Selective exposure, Media environment, Entertainment preference, Political knowledge

Report

(3 results)
  • 2015 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2014 Research-status Report

Research Products

(4 results)

All 2016 2015 Other

All Journal Article (1 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 1 results,  Open Access: 1 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 1 results) Presentation (2 results) Remarks (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] 「自由」なメディアの陥穽:有権者の選好に基づくもうひとつの選択的接触2016

    • Author(s)
      稲増一憲・三浦麻子
    • Journal Title

      社会心理学研究

      Volume: 31 Pages: 172-183

    • NAID

      130005138983

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Presentation] インターネット利用と有権者の情報環境の偏り2015

    • Author(s)
      稲増一憲
    • Organizer
      日本選挙学会
    • Place of Presentation
      熊本崇城大学ホール
    • Year and Date
      2015-05-16
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] インターネット利用と有権者の情報環境の偏り2015

    • Author(s)
      稲増一憲
    • Organizer
      日本選挙学会
    • Place of Presentation
      熊本市 市民会館 崇城大学ホール
    • Year and Date
      2015-05-16
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] Inamasu Lab

    • URL

      http://k-inamasu.net/

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2014-04-04   Modified: 2017-05-10  

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