Abstract
Negative emotion plays an important role in influencing political participation. Owing to the anonymity of network environment, the use of swearwords in political communication is increasingly pervasive in online environment today. As high-arousal emotional utterances, encountering online swearing could exert influence on people’s political attitudes and behaviors. However, the impact of online swearing on political participation receives rarely scholarly attention. Using combined data from both computational online content and survey in Hong Kong, we find that both online media use and online swearing exposure promote political participation. But online swearing has stronger explanatory power than online media use. Besides, the relationship between online swearing on political participation is partially mediated by political dissatisfaction.
| Original language | English |
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| Publication status | Published - May 2022 |
| Event | 72nd Annual International Communication Association Conference (ICA 2022) - Hybrid, Paris, France Duration: 26 May 2022 → 30 May 2022 https://www.icahdq.org/page/ICA2022 https://ica2022.abstractcentral.com/planner.jsp https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VseJc1c7w8mLwuKm1JSHCU-51Xs9smiu/view https://scholars.cityu.edu.hk/admin/files/116621894/72nd_Annual_ICA_Conference_14JUN2022.pdf |
Conference
| Conference | 72nd Annual International Communication Association Conference (ICA 2022) |
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| Place | France |
| City | Paris |
| Period | 26/05/22 → 30/05/22 |
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UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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