张迎新,刘丁香,李智超

• 1:中国人民大学公共管理学院、交叉科学研究院
• 2:中国传媒大学电视学院
• 3:上海交通大学国际与公共事务学院
• 4:上海交通大学应急管理学院

摘要(Abstract)：

随着第四次信息技术革命浪潮的来临，互联网愈发成为赋能社会公众、促进政治参与的关键力量，然而互联网内在的工具理性特质决定了其将在技术逻辑的驱动下对政治参与产生多重影响。为探究互联网使用与政治参与间的因果关系及其作用机制，本文将政治参与区分为制度化和非制度化两类形态，构建了技术赋能的理论框架，提炼出信息激励与社群助推两条作用机制；而后基于中国社会状况综合调查(CSS)两期混合截面数据，通过实证分析为研究假设提供了经验证据支持。研究发现：(1)技术赋能效应明显，互联网使用显著促进了政治参与，尤其是对制度化政治参与的促进效应更为突出；(2)信息激励机制验证，互联网信息传播的特性能通过增强公众信息接触的深度与广度，缓解信息约束，进而有效促进政治参与；(3)社群助推机制验证，互联网社会互动的特性能够通过提升公众社群参与的数量和质量，缓解社群约束，进而有效促进政治参与。本研究揭示了互联网的技术工具本质对政治参与的“双刃剑”效应，为政府因势利导发挥互联网的积极效应提供了政策启示。

关键词(KeyWords)： 互联网使用;政治参与;技术赋能;信息激励;社群助推

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基金项目(Foundation): 国家自然科学基金面上项目“级联灾害的城市应急合作治理网络研究：结构、绩效与优化”(项目批准号:72374132);; 上海市教育委员会和上海市教育发展基金会“曙光计划”(项目批准号:21SG49);; 四川省社会科学重点研究基地数字文化与传媒研究基地项目“智媒时代青年群体的国际舆论认知及网络政治参与研究”(项目批准号:SC23DCMB016)的资助

作者(Author): 张迎新,刘丁香,李智超

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• (1)中国互联网络信息中心.(2024-08-29)[2024-09-15].第54次《中国互联网络发展状况统计报告》.[EB/OL].https://www.cnnic.net.cn/n4/2024/0829/c88-11065.html.
• (2)由于CSS2019与2021的问卷存在部分差异,CSS2019包含线上社群参与、线下社群参与的题项,而CSS2021则仅包含线上社群参与、双线社群参与的题项,故此处采用了以上变量处理策略。
• (3)根据总样本(13307)进行统计,将政治信息接触与娱乐信息接触的高水平与低水平分别界定为[3,5]与[0,2],在娱乐信息接触低水平的群体中(5452),政治信息接触高水平的公众数仅为1039,占比约为19.06%。
• (4)在纳入了互联网使用×娱乐信息接触的条件下,互联网使用对政治参与的促进效应降低到了0.0312,这低于基准回归结果中的0.0387;而互联网使用×政治信息接触的系数则为0.0172,结合政治信息接触的均值为3.5682,估算出其平均促进效应为0.0614。
• (5)就平均值而言,无论是全样本还是处理组,线上社团参与分别是线下社团参与的4.3479倍、4.8828倍。
• (6)限于篇幅,相关结果留存备索。