Publication Title

Journal of Experimental Political Science

Document Type

Article

Department or Program

Politics

Publication Date

1-1-2024

Keywords

leisure activities, political engagement, survey experiment, video games

Abstract

Recent research suggests that a strong identity attachment to leisure activity affects the hobbyists' political preferences and behavior. This paper further evaluates the claim that hobbyists - in this case, gamers - react differently to political stimuli that directly involve their hobby of choice. Using original survey experiment data, this paper shows that gamers become more interested in foreign trade policy when presented in the context of video games. This finding indicates that even seemingly apolitical identities matter in framing political behavior. Aspects of hobbyist identities seep into political attitudes, even if preferences in the strictest meaning of the word may take longer to form.

Comments

Original version is available from the publisher at: https://doi.org/10.1017/XPS.2024.9

Copyright Note

This is the publisher's version of the work. This publication appears in Bates College's institutional repository by permission of the copyright owner for personal use, not for redistribution.

Required Publisher's Statement

© The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of American Political Science Association

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