The aim of this paper is to further explore the drivers behind the decision of citizens to
engage in social and political participation on the internet, since mixed empirical evidence …

This research conceptualizes political engagement in Facebook and examines the political
activity of Facebook users during the 2008 presidential primary (T1) and general election …

This article looks at the socio‐demographic sources of turnout decline in Canada. The
analysis is based on the Canadian Election Studies that have been conducted between …

Now many of them [economists] are writing about neighborhood get-togethers, PTAs, Bible
study classes, and the like…. This is not necessarily a good thing.—Claude S …

This paper examines how the use of social media affects participation in offline
demonstrations. Using individual web survey data from Norway, we ask whether social …

Challenging the conventional wisdom that Americans are less engaged than ever in
national life and the democratic process, Talking Together paints the most comprehensive …

This article uses data from the Citizen Participation Study–a large-scale survey of the
voluntary activity of the American public designed to oversample African-Americans and …

Since so few people appear knowledgeable about public affairs, one might question
whether collective policy preferences revealed in opinion surveys accurately convey the …

Partisanship has a powerful influence on political behavior in the United States, but its
influence is less certain in European democracies. Part of the debate concerning the …

There are increasing concerns about changes in society and the economy which are
undermining the effectiveness of democracy and weakening traditional conceptions of …