Participatory Inequality Across Countries: Contacting Public Officials Online and Offline.

ABSTRACT: The Internet offers low-cost ways to participate in political life, which reduces the motivation required to participate and thus potentially reduces inequalities in participation. I examine online and offline contacting of elected officials using original survey data from Canada, France, the United Kingdom, and the United States collected in 2019 and 2021. Education is a consistent positive predictor of contacting in all countries as well as both modes of contact (online and offline). Income differences are small. Younger people are more likely to contact officials, online and offline, compared to older people. Females are less likely to contact officials, online and offline, compared to males. While political interest, efficacy, online information consumption, and online group ties are b

SUBMITTER: Boulianne S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10285429 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature