Political participation opportunities have been expanding for years, most recently through
digital tools. Social media platforms have become well integrated into civic and political …

More than 300 studies have been published on the relationship between digital media and
engagement in civic and political life. With such a vast body of research, it is difficult to see …

Amidst concern about declining youth political engagement, it is often suggested that social
media can provide a solution to this challenge. In this article, however, we argue that these …

Mobile instant messaging services (MIMs) are important gateways to news exposure and
political conversations. Nevertheless, we still know little about the specific uses and …

At the start of 2020, COVID-19 became the most urgent threat to global public health.
Uniquely in recent times, governments have imposed partly voluntary, partly compulsory …

This study investigates the barriers to challenging others who post misinformation on social
media platforms. We conducted a survey amongst UK Facebook users (143 (57.2%) women …

The pervasive use of multiple technological tools to engage with media and political content
(ie, TV sets, laptops, tablets, smartphones, etc.) has deeply altered the way citizens around …

Political participation has seen substantial changes in terms of both its structure and its
scope. One of the most prominent venues of citizen engagement today is participation that …

The gender dynamics of political discussion are important. These dynamics shape who
shares their political views and how they share their views and reactions to these views …

The purpose of this article is to determine to what extent engagement in easy political
behaviors on social media occurs across the range of political interest, what predicts such …