Mask-Wearing as a Partisan Issue: Social Identity and Communication of Party Norms on Social Media Among Political Elites-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Mask-Wearing as a Partisan Issue: Social Identity and Communication of Party Norms on Social Media Among Political Elites

Published:2022-01 Issue:1 Volume:8 Page:205630512210862
ISSN:2056-3051
Container-title:Social Media + Society
language:en
Short-container-title:Social Media + Society

Author:

Shin Jieun¹^ORCID,Yang Aimei²,Liu Wenlin³,Min Kim Hye²,Zhou Alvin⁴^ORCID,Sun Jingyi⁵

Affiliation:

1. University of Florida, USA

2. University of Southern California, USA

3. University of Houston, USA

4. University of Pennsylvania, USA

5. Stevens Institute of Technology, USA

Abstract

This study draws on the social identity approach (SIA), to examine how political elites (i.e., members of the 116th United States Congress) communicated norms about mask-wearing on social media during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using Twitter data collected in 2020, we found that Republican members of Congress were significantly less likely to promote mask-wearing than Democratic members. We also observed some variations in norm-conforming behaviors among the members of each party. For Republicans, increased loyalty to the Trump leadership was significantly associated with a lower level of mask promotion. For Democrats, we found some evidence that loyalty to the party predicted higher levels of mask promotion. On the other hand, interactions with out-group members decreased adherence to party norms for both Republican and Democratic members of Congress. These findings allow us to better understand the social–psychological effects of party membership among political elites as well as the importance of leader–follower relationships and intergroup interactions.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Computer Science Applications,Communication,Cultural Studies

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/20563051221086233

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