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New Media and Support for Same-Sex Marriage
- Source :
- Latin American Research Review, Vol 53, Iss 3, Pp 466-484 (2018)
- Publication Year :
- 2022
- Publisher :
- Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2022.
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Abstract
- Research in advanced industrialized democracies on social attitudes toward same-sex marriage suggests that intergroup social contact and positive media coverage play an important role in promoting tolerance and support for same-sex marriage. Using AmericasBarometer survey data for eighteen countries in 2010, 2012, and 2014, this article examines the ways in which individual-level Internet use interacts with news exposure, country-level quality of democracy, Internet penetration, and their association with support for same-sex marriage. The results suggest that not only is Internet use associated with greater support for same-sex marriage, but that among those who both use the Internet and pay more attention to the news, the positive effects are amplified. In addition, national level of democracy, economic development, and Internet use are also associated with overall higher probabilities of supporting same-sex marriage. We find that Internet use has a strong positive association with the probability of supporting same-sex marriage as the percentage of the national population on the Internet increases. These findings extend our understanding of social and political tolerance of same-sex marriage in Latin America. Investigacion en paises industrializados sugiere que el contacto entre grupos sociales y la cobertura positiva de los mismos en medios de comunicacion juegan un papel importante en la promocion de tolerancia y en aumentar apoyo al matrimonio entre personas del mismo sexo. Basandonos en las encuestas del AmericasBarometer de 2010, 2012 y 2014, este articulo examina como el uso de la Internet interactua con el consumo de noticias, la calidad de la democracia en el pais, el grado nacional de penetracion de la Internet, y su asociacion con mayor apoyo al matrimonio igualitario. Estos resultados sugieren que no solamente existe una asociacion entre el uso de la Internet y apoyo al matrimonio igualitario, pero que esta asociacion amplifica los efectos positivos entre las personas que usan la Internet y prestan atencion a las noticias. Ademas, la calidad de la democracia al nivel nacional, niveles de desarrollo economico, asi como el uso de la Internet estan tambien asociados con probabilidades mayores de apoyo. Encontramos que existe una fuerte asociacion positiva entre el uso de la Internet y probabilidades de mayor apoyo conforme aumenta el porcentaje de la poblacion con acceso a la Internet.
- Subjects :
- Cultural Studies
lcsh:Latin America. Spanish America
History
Sociology and Political Science
Literature and Literary Theory
Geography, Planning and Development
Population
Persona
Development
lcsh:Social Sciences
Political science
0502 economics and business
050602 political science & public administration
National level
050207 economics
education
education.field_of_study
Multidisciplinary
business.industry
General Arts and Humanities
lcsh:F1201-3799
05 social sciences
New media
0506 political science
lcsh:H
Anthropology
Political Science and International Relations
Social attitudes
Same sex
The Internet
Internet penetration
business
General Economics, Econometrics and Finance
Humanities
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15424278 and 00238791
- Volume :
- 53
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Latin American Research Review
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....076a3e403531e13a0970a9c3f960c1b9