Abstract
Employing the national survey conducted by the Pew Research Center, this study seeks to answer three research questions: 1) How does online casual communication affect the inclusiveness of the category of those who talk politics?; 2) How is the divide between those who talk politics and don't shaped for offline and online modes?; and 3) How does online casual communication influence those who do talk politics and do not offline? People who talk politics with others offline are highly likely to do so online. Those who talk politics online are not categorically different from those who do so face-to-face and/or voice-to-voice. While education and income distinguish online mode from offline mode, the same pattern between both modes is found that young generations are more likely to talk politics casually. The data overall validates neither reinforcement nor mobilization effect by frequent Internet use.
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