September 10, 2025Social Science QuarterlyOpen Access

From Selective Exposure to Mobilization: Partisan Media, Polarization, and Voting Behaviors

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Affective polarization and perceived polarization positively influence turnout rates and voting decisions.
Pro-attitudinal media use increases affective polarization, while counter-attitudinal media use decreases it.
Those with heightened perceptions of polarization are more likely to experience affective polarization.
The study utilized path analyses based on the American National Election Survey 2020 data to derive these findings.

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Path analyses reveal how partisan media use affects affective and perceived polarization, influencing voting behavior.

Heysung Lee (2025) studied this question.

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