2010
DOI: 10.1080/15205436.2010.516863
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Did Social Media Really Matter? College Students' Use of Online Media and Political Decision Making in the 2008 Election

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“…The general use of SNSs is not related to social capital, civic participation, or online and offline political participation, although the informational use and online network size are positively related to political participation, online and offline (Gil de Zjuiga, Jung, & Valenzuela, 2012). Kushin and Yamamoto (2010) found that even information seeking in social media is not related to situational political involvement or self-efficacy; only online expression is significantly related to situational political involvement. Another study found that reliance on SNSs such as Facebook and MySpace is positively related to civic participation but not to political participation or confidence in government (Zhang, Johnson, Seltzer, & Bichard, 2010).…”
Section: Sns and Political Participationmentioning
confidence: 92%
“…The general use of SNSs is not related to social capital, civic participation, or online and offline political participation, although the informational use and online network size are positively related to political participation, online and offline (Gil de Zjuiga, Jung, & Valenzuela, 2012). Kushin and Yamamoto (2010) found that even information seeking in social media is not related to situational political involvement or self-efficacy; only online expression is significantly related to situational political involvement. Another study found that reliance on SNSs such as Facebook and MySpace is positively related to civic participation but not to political participation or confidence in government (Zhang, Johnson, Seltzer, & Bichard, 2010).…”
Section: Sns and Political Participationmentioning
confidence: 92%
“…Thus, the more knowledgeable youths are, the more likely they will be interested in politics. This is because it will enables them to acquire greater political knowledge and interest, as a result increase their participation [7,11]. Hence, informational use of social media for political participation such as reading political news have a significant effect on political knowledge and participation [30].…”
Section: Knowledge and Online Political Participationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Specifically, studies conducted in the US [7] and Sweden [8] have shown that social media has significantly influenced political participation among youths. However, some scholars have noted that there is decrease or non-participation of youths in politics whether online or offline [9].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…YouTube can serve as an important tool for political activists through the ability to share audio and video across the world, allowing users to upload videos that are clearly visible to everyone. As it can be seen, all three media platforms are powerful tools that can be used by political activists and radicals (Kushin andYamamoto, 2010: 613, Newnham andBell, 2012: 38). These sites can reduce political learning costs by sending information to individual users and allowing them to interact individually or in groups with others (Baumgartner and Morris, 2010: 24) and can motivate individuals to participate more often in social or political problems (Valenzuela, 2013: 924 ).…”
Section: Social Media Usage and Politicsmentioning
confidence: 99%