The revolution will be networked: The influence of social networking sites on political attitudes and behavior

W Zhang, TJ Johnson, T Seltzer… - Social Science …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
Social networking is a phenomenon of interest to many scholars. While most of the recent
research on social networking sites has focused on user characteristics, very few studies …

[PDF][PDF] Social media and strategic communications: Attitudes and perceptions among college students

BK Lewis - 2009 - Citeseer
SOCIAL MEDIA AND STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS: ATTITUDES AND PERCEPTIONS
AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS By BOBBI KAY LEWIS Bachelor of Sci Page 1 SOCIAL MEDIA …

Youth collective activism through social media: The role of collective efficacy

A Velasquez, R LaRose - New media & society, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
The relationship between social media use and youth's political participation has been
extensively studied. However, explanations for youth's online collective political activism …

The effect of Internet use on political participation: An analysis of survey results for 16-year-olds in Belgium

E Quintelier, S Vissers - Social science computer review, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
Conflicting claims have been put forward regarding the effects of Internet use on real-life
political participation. Some argue that Internet use, and the accompanying political …

Social media for social change: Social media political efficacy and activism in student activist groups

A Velasquez, R LaRose - Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Social media activism has become very relevant for many student activist groups. How can
political use of social media be motivated? The concept of Social Media Political Efficacy …

Online news consumption research: An assessment of past work and an agenda for the future

E Mitchelstein, PJ Boczkowski - New media & society, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
This article assesses the main findings and dominant modes of inquiry in recent scholarship
on online news consumption. The findings suggest that the consumption of news on the …

The 2008 presidential campaign: Political cynicism in the age of Facebook, MySpace, and YouTube

G Hanson, PM Haridakis… - … campaigning and the …, 2013 - taylorfrancis.com
Considerable research over the years has been devoted to ascertaining the impact of media
use on political cynicism. The impact of the Internet has been difficult to assess because it is …

[PDF][PDF] Social Media and Political Awareness in Pakistan: A Case Study of Youth

M Muzaffar, S Chohdhry, N Afzal - Pakistan Social Sciences …, 2019 - researchgate.net
This study was designed to investigate the role of social media in promoting political
awareness among the youth of Pakistan, recognizing the fact that new interactive …

Microblogging, online expression, and political efficacy among young Chinese citizens: The moderating role of information and entertainment needs in the use of …

M Chan, X Wu, Y Hao, R **, T ** - Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and …, 2012 - liebertpub.com
Abstract In 2011, China's Internet population reached over half a billion users and the
popular Twitter-like social networking service, Weibo, has been adopted by half of the users …

Expressive participation in Internet social movements: Testing the moderating effect of technology readiness and sex on student SNS use

JD Borrero, SY Yousafzai, U Javed, KL Page - Computers in Human …, 2014 - Elsevier
An understanding of students' use of social networking sites (SNS) for expressive
participation in Internet Social Movements (ISMs) is absent in the literature on the social …