The Impact of Social Media Political Activists on Voting Patterns
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DOI: 10.1007/s11109-020-09632-3
Abstract: This paper investigates how social media affects general voting patterns. Unlike previous studies investigating whether citizens’ use of social media affects political participation, this paper considers the connections that social media users have with political… read more here.
Keywords: social media; impact social; media political; voting patterns ... See more keywords
Social media, political uncertainty, and stock markets
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DOI: 10.1007/s11156-020-00870-4
Abstract: This study proposes a new measure of firm-level uncertainty exposure around important political events. More specifically, we construct a degree of (dis)agreement among social media users who jointly mention firms and politicians. We study a… read more here.
Keywords: social media; political uncertainty; media political; uncertainty stock ... See more keywords
Designing and validating the Social Media Political Participation Scale: An instrument to measure political participation on social media
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DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2020.101493
Abstract: Abstract Social media have expanded citizens’ political repertoires with new modes of action. To measure these changing political practices, a new instrument, called the Social Media Political Participation Scale was developed and psychometrically tested. The… read more here.
Keywords: participation scale; media political; social media; political participation ... See more keywords
Facilitating Social Media and Offline Political Engagement During Electoral Cycles: Using Social Cognitive Theory to Explain Political Action Among Hispanics and Latinos
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DOI: 10.1080/15205436.2018.1484489
Abstract: Two interacting forces are subtly shifting the nature of American democracy—the public’s increased use of social media for political information and meaningful changes in the demographic characteristics of the country. This study specifically examined ways… read more here.
Keywords: social media; among hispanics; media political; engagement ... See more keywords
Use of Social Media for Political Purposes: The Case of Diyarbakir
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DOI: 10.33788/rcis.72.13
Abstract: The use of social media, which has turned into a different area of communication with the developments in technology, creates a participatory, free and democratic space according to some approaches, and can turn into an… read more here.
Keywords: use social; political participation; media political; social media ... See more keywords
Social Media, Political Mobilization, and High-Stakes Testing
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DOI: 10.3389/feduc.2019.00055
Abstract: Social media posts in a Facebook group organized around the issue of refusing high-stakes testing in New Jersey were analyzed to understand how individuals and organizations use social media to engage in political protest against… read more here.
Keywords: social media; media political; stakes testing; high stakes ... See more keywords