Civil Society and Cyber Society: The Role of the Internet in Community Associations and Democratic Politics

The Effect of Internet Use on Political Participation: Could the Internet Increase Political Participation in Thailand?

“…Unlike previous earlier-generation (or "old") media-newspaper, magazines, television and radio-the Internet is a new kind of communication that allows its users a two-way communication, and to form and expand their "social" networks (Kaid 2004). Given these advantages, many scholars anticipated that the Internet would increase political participation among the citizens and contribute to the advance of democracy (e.g., Kang and Gearhart 2010;Kittilson and Dalton 2008;Jensen et al 2007;Xenos and Moy 2007;Norris 2001). All of these results from the fact that Internet allows its users to connect with other online "netizens" who either have ideas, beliefs or interests that are similar or otherwise.…”

“…And, this "virtual community" could enhance the level of political participation among its users. Moreover, Jensen et al (2007) discovered that participants in online engagement come from all social classes and economic status. In short, the Cyberspace transcends one of the major obstacles that prevent people from engaging in the interactions, i.e., socio-economic status, education, and resources.…”

The EU Parliament on Twitter—Assessing the Permanent Online Practices of Parliamentarians

“…Beyond individual variables, more contextual predictors-such as the degree to which different populations of different countries make use of novel technology (e.g., Jensen, Danziger, & Venkatesh, 2007;Williams & Gulati, 2012)-could be expected to have importance in this regard. As such, in order to assess the level of general Internet use in the European Union, two variables extracted from the 2012 Eurostat survey (http://ec.europa.eu/ eurostat) were employed.…”

¿Quién es el troll?: La construcción de identidades políticas en social media en el contexto peruano

“…Por otro lado, fuera de estos acontecimientos, la utilidad política de estas plataformas suele ser reducida a "usos cívicos", como un medio que empodera a ciudadanos frente a actores políticos tradicionales, facilitando su asociación (Jensen, Danziger y Venkatesh, 2007;Villanueva, 2015).…”