RT Journal Article
T1 Reasons to Participate: The Role of Political Attitudes in Digital Activism
A1 Robles Morales, José Manuel
A1 Antino, Mirko
A1 De Marco, Stefano
AB In this paper, we study the effects of political attitudes on digital activism. We operationalise political attitudes through three constructs used in classical political science studies: citizenship norms, institutional trust and psychological political engagement. In addition, following the social-psychological models of explanation of political conduct, we suggest the existence of a qualitative difference between the affective component of attitudes, which would coincide with psychological political engagement, and the cognitive component of attitudes, which are made up of political beliefs and values. The latter influences the former, which, in turn, has an influence on political conduct. To achieve our goals, we have analysed digital political participation in Spain. Our results support the qualitative differentiation between cognitive and affective components of attitudes; as a result, there is a clear need to study those political beliefs that specifically characterise digital activism.
SN 23978570
YR 2017
FD 2017
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/19407
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/19407
LA eng
DS Docta Complutense
RD 9 abr 2025