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Sebastián Valenzuela
Researcher at Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
Publications - 67
Citations - 7395
Sebastián Valenzuela is an academic researcher from Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. The author has contributed to research in topics: Social media & Politics. The author has an hindex of 26, co-authored 59 publications receiving 6333 citations. Previous affiliations of Sebastián Valenzuela include Millennium Institute & University of Chile.
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Is There Social Capital in a Social Network Site?: Facebook Use and College Students' Life Satisfaction, Trust, and Participation
TL;DR: Positive relationships between intensity of Facebook use and students' life satisfaction, social trust, civic engagement, and political participation are found, suggesting that online social networks are not the most effective solution for youth disengagement from civic duty and democracy.
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Being immersed in social networking environment: Facebook groups, uses and gratifications, and social outcomes.
TL;DR: The analysis of the relationship between users' needs and civic and political participation indicated that, as predicted, informational uses were more correlated toivic and political action than to recreational uses.
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Unpacking the Use of Social Media for Protest Behavior: The Roles of Information, Opinion Expression, and Activism
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined three explanations for this relationship in the context of citizens' protest behavior: information (social media as a source for news), opinion expression (using social media to express political opinions), and activism (joining causes and finding mobilization information through social media).
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The Social Media Basis of Youth Protest Behavior: The Case of Chile
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the association between social media use and youth protest, as well as mediating and moderating mechanisms of this relationship, using survey data collected in Chile in 2010.
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The Mediating Path to a Stronger Citizenship: Online and Offline Networks, Weak Ties, and Civic Engagement:
TL;DR: Results indicate that the relationships between online and offline network size and civic engagement are positive and fairly similar in strength, and weak-tie discussion is the strongest predictor of civic behaviors.