Recently, several digital divide scholars suggested that a shift is needed from a focus on
binary Internet access (first-level digital divide) and Internet skills and use (second-level …

All cities need to change and transform to become more livable. Urban interventions are
effective for observing the changes and participation tools are in use for collecting data from …

In the last decades, political participation expanded continuously. This expansion includes
activities as diverse as voting, tweeting, signing petitions, changing your social media …

Online environments are now central to political life, especially for young people. They are
prominent contexts for activities that include: fundraising, political debate, sharing political …

This study examines the effects of online and offline civic learning opportunities on offline
civic engagement and online political activity. It draws on panel data for high school students …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand the use of Facebook by Israeli party
leaders during an election period by examining four elements: the type of Aristotelian …

Feelings of dissatisfaction with the political status quo are believed to mobilize citizens into
non-institutional political action, such as protest. Still, little is known about whether and how …

Despite initial optimism, a gender gap seems to exist in online political engagement. In this
article, we focus on online political discussion and show that women use the internet to …

This paper investigates how social media affects general voting patterns. Unlike previous
studies investigating whether citizens' use of social media affects political participation, this …

Although, many researches have described the younger generation to be diverse and active
in politics of today, this segment of the population has not been well-acknowledged in the …