Analysing Effects of Voting Advice Applications on Users I

Abstract

Literature about VAAs has already shown that the usage of these tools can affect users in many different ways. First, VAAs can affect the attitudinal dimension of electoral politics, for example motivating voters to learn more about politics and party positions. Some scholars have pointed out that after doing such tests users exhibit increased levels of political knowledge, efficacy, or interest. Furthermore, VAAs can also affect the behavioural dimension of electoral politics, motivating users to turn out in higher numbers or affecting the candidate or party choice of their vote intentions. However, many questions around the VAA effects remain, such as what explains the differences in the size of these effects across contexts, the impact of self-selection of users on the impact, and what variables moderate the effects. The aim of this panel is to bring together a set of papers that advance our insights into such attitudinal and behavioural effects of VAAs.

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Impact of contextual settings on VAA use	View Paper Details
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Televised Influence: Examining Opinion Formation through Live Completion of a Voting Advice Application by Presidential Candidates in 2023 Cyprus Elections	View Paper Details
VAA Going Viral: The Impact of Volebný Kompas on Voter and Policy Engagement in Slovakia's Snap Elections	View Paper Details
The effects of VAAs in Danish elections 2007-22	View Paper Details