It is often claimed that social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter are profoundly
shaping political participation, especially when it comes to protest behavior. Whether or not …

Recent studies have shown a positive link between frequency of social media use and
political participation. However, there has been no clear elaboration of how using social …

This study examines the impact of social media use on participation in large-scale protest
campaigns that feature a range of participation opportunities. It develops a theoretical model …

The exercise of power has been an implicit theme in research on the use of social media for
political protest, but few studies have attempted to measure social media power and its …

Pinning down the role of social ties in the decision to protest has been notoriously elusive,
largely due to data limitations. Social media and their global use by protesters offer an …

As people spend increasing proportions of their daily lives using social media, such as
Twitter and Facebook, they are being invited to support myriad political causes by sharing …

Many have observed that a new political generation of digital natives has heavily used
social media as means of facilitating street protests. Nevertheless, the mechanisms by which …

Past studies have shown positive relationships between use of social network sites (SNSs)
and political engagement, but an understanding of the mechanisms underlying the …

Based on the theoretical concepts of social networks and technology affordances, this article
argues that different social media platforms influence political participation through unique …

Protest has long been associated with left-wing actors and left-wing causes. However, right-
wing actors also engage in protest. Are right-wing actors mobilized by the same factors as …