Social networks that matter: Exploring the role of political discussion for online political participation

S Valenzuela, Y Kim… - International journal of …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
We examine the relationship between citizen-to-citizen discussions and online political
participation considering various attributes of individuals' social networks: Modality …

Facebook is... fostering political engagement: A study of online social networking groups and offline participation

JT Feezell, M Conroy, M Guerrero - Fostering Political Engagement …, 2009 - papers.ssrn.com
Can online groups help to foster political engagement among citizens? We employ a multi-
method design incorporating content analysis of political group pages and original survey …

Online groups and political discourse: Do online discussion spaces facilitate exposure to political disagreement?

ME Wojcieszak, DC Mutz - Journal of communication, 2009 - academic.oup.com
To what extent do online discussion spaces expose participants to political talk and to cross-
cutting political views in particular? Drawing on a representative national sample of over …

Political engagement online: Do the information rich get richer and the like-minded more similar?

J Brundidge, RE Rice - Routledge handbook of Internet …, 2008 - api.taylorfrancis.com
A new area for research is the extent to which the internet contributes to one particular form
of political engagement: political discussion among heterogeneous networks of citizens …

Online discussion, politicized identity, and collective action

AI Alberici, P Milesi - Group Processes & Intergroup …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Although online discussions may stimulate political participation, little is known about how
computer-mediated communication among members of political groups contributes to …

Facebook and political engagement: A study of online political group membership and offline political engagement

M Conroy, JT Feezell, M Guerrero - Computers in Human behavior, 2012 - Elsevier
In what ways do online groups help to foster political engagement among citizens? We
employ a multi-method design incorporating content analysis of online political group pages …

Net gains in political participation: Secondary effects of Internet on community

A Kavanaugh, BJ Kim, MA Perez-Quinones… - Information …, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Broad and diverse civic participation is essential to a democratic society. Studies of opinion
leadership show that politically active citizens report that Internet information and …

Online social ties and political engagement

RK Gibson, I McAllister - Journal of Information Technology & …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
While positive effects of social interaction on political participation have been widely
confirmed, questions have been raised about whether the relationship holds in the online …

The political significance of social media activity and social networks

J Kahne, B Bowyer - Political communication, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
This paper examines panel data from two waves of the Youth Participatory Politics Survey, a
nationally representative sample of young people in the United States. It employs a cross …

Predicting online political participation: The importance of selection bias and selective exposure in the online setting

JT Feezell - Political Research Quarterly, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Although we have a broad understanding of the factors that predict traditional forms of
political participation, we know comparatively less about the determinants of online political …