The Role of Personality in Political Talk and Like-Minded Discussion

Political discussion is a key mechanism for the development of reasoned opinions and political knowledge, but online has been characterized as uncivil, intolerant, and/or ideologically homogeneous, which detrimental to this development. In paper, we examine role personality in various forms talk—online offline—as well like-minded discussion. Based on 2017 survey conducted United Kingdom, States, France, find that people who are open-minded extraverted more likely engage talk less Individuals older, educated, introverted, conscientious themselves discussions, both social media. Like-minded rare; personality, rather than ideology, predicts whether form offline modes. Our findings challenge media creation Instead, should look individual attributes, such traits, create disposition motivates use (and networks) cultivate