Social Media Use and Political Mobilization
This article describes how political participation is a central component of democracy. Past research has found that a variety of factors drive individual decisions about participation, including the media that citizens use to gain political information. Social media offers the possibility of engaging citizens in a new way and potentially increasing various forms of participation. In this article, the role that social media use has in fostering a variety for forms of political participation is examined. This article finds that social media use can be a driver of participation, but that this impact is largely contingent on the political predispositions of the user.
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2018
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Authors: | Holmes, Justin W ; McNeal, Ramona S |
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International Journal of Public Administration in the Digital Age (IJPADA). - IGI Global, ISSN 2334-4539, ZDB-ID 2798015-7. - Vol. 5.2018, 4 (01.10.), p. 50-60
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IGI Global |
Subject: | Civic Engagement | Internet | Mobilization | Political Participation | Social Media | Turnout | Voting |
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