Computer-mediated political expression: A conceptual framework of technological affordances and individual tradeoffs

Digital media provide individuals platforms to express political views. Despite the significant scholarly attention how and why expression occurs through technologies what effect, research remains fragmented in its theoretical frameworks. The present work synthesizes on computer-mediated communication offer a framework that describes theoretically (a) which technological affordances lead (b) psychological processes with (c) politically relevant actions. We address these questions context of four different affordances. In doing so, we emphasize cost-benefit calculations occur when deciding whether engage online.