The Paradox of Participation Versus Misinformation: Social Media, Political Engagement, and the Spread of Misinformation

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dc.contributor.authorValenzuela Leighton, Sebastián Andrés
dc.contributor.authorHalpern, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorKatz, James E.
dc.contributor.authorMiranda, Juan Pablo
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-15T13:52:59Z
dc.date.available2024-03-15T13:52:59Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractThe mechanisms by which users of platforms such as Facebookand Twitter spread misinformation are not well understood. In thisstudy, we argue that the effects of informational uses of socialmedia on political participation are inextricable from its effects onmisinformation sharing. That is, political engagement is both amajor consequence of using social media for news as well as akey antecedent of sharing misinformation. We test our expecta-tions via a two-wave panel survey of online media users in Chile, acountry experiencing information disorders comparable to those ofthe global North. Analyses of the proposed and alternative causalmodels with two types of structural equation specifications (fixedeffects and autoregressive) support our theoretical model. Weclose with a discussion on how changes in the way people engagewith news and politics – brought about by social media – haveproduced a new dilemma: how to sustain a citizenry that is enthu-siastically politically active, yet not spreading misinformation?
dc.fechaingreso.objetodigital2025-03-13
dc.format.extent22 páginas
dc.fuente.origenORCID
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/21670811.2019.1623701
dc.identifier.eissn2167-0811
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2019.1623701
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/84468
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000496279200006
dc.information.autorucFacultad de Comunicaciones ; Valenzuela Leighton, Sebastián Andrés ; 0000-0001-5991-7364 ; 6859
dc.information.autorucFacultad de Comunicaciones; Halpern, Daniel; S/I; 2496
dc.issue.numero6
dc.language.isoen
dc.nota.accesocontenido parcial
dc.pagina.final823
dc.pagina.inicio802
dc.revistaDIGITAL JOURNALISM
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectMisinformation
dc.subjectSocialmedia
dc.subjectNews
dc.subjectPolitical participation
dc.subjectChile
dc.titleThe Paradox of Participation Versus Misinformation: Social Media, Political Engagement, and the Spread of Misinformation
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen7
sipa.codpersvinculados6859
sipa.codpersvinculados2496
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadORCID;2024-02-05
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