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Spill-Over Effects Between Facebook and On/Offline Political Participation? Evidence from a Two-Wave Panel Study

05 Feb 2014-Journal of Information Technology & Politics (Routledge)-Vol. 11, Iss: 3, pp 259-275
TL;DR: The authors examined the medium-specific and spill-over effects from various aspects of using social networking sites (SNS) to other forms of online and offline political participation and found a reciprocal relationship between the posting of Facebook messages and offline protest, confirming that Facebook political activity is both mobilizing and reinforcing.
Abstract: This article examines the medium-specific and spill-over effects from various aspects of using social networking sites (SNS) to other forms of online and offline political participation. The study relies on a two-wave panel survey of undergraduate students at a major Canadian university, which was designed to measure detailed aspects of political participation on social networking sites (SNS) and various other forms of political engagement. Our results show that prior political Facebook participation fosters other forms of online participation, but also reveals some spill-over effects to offline protests. Indeed, we find a reciprocal relationship between the posting of Facebook messages and offline protest, confirming that Facebook political activity is both mobilizing and reinforcing.
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01 Jan 2003
TL;DR: In this paper, Sherry Turkle uses Internet MUDs (multi-user domains, or in older gaming parlance multi-user dungeons) as a launching pad for explorations of software design, user interfaces, simulation, artificial intelligence, artificial life, agents, virtual reality, and the on-line way of life.
Abstract: From the Publisher: A Question of Identity Life on the Screen is a fascinating and wide-ranging investigation of the impact of computers and networking on society, peoples' perceptions of themselves, and the individual's relationship to machines. Sherry Turkle, a Professor of the Sociology of Science at MIT and a licensed psychologist, uses Internet MUDs (multi-user domains, or in older gaming parlance multi-user dungeons) as a launching pad for explorations of software design, user interfaces, simulation, artificial intelligence, artificial life, agents, "bots," virtual reality, and "the on-line way of life." Turkle's discussion of postmodernism is particularly enlightening. She shows how postmodern concepts in art, architecture, and ethics are related to concrete topics much closer to home, for example AI research (Minsky's "Society of Mind") and even MUDs (exemplified by students with X-window terminals who are doing homework in one window and simultaneously playing out several different roles in the same MUD in other windows). Those of you who have (like me) been turned off by the shallow, pretentious, meaningless paintings and sculptures that litter our museums of modern art may have a different perspective after hearing what Turkle has to say. This is a psychoanalytical book, not a technical one. However, software developers and engineers will find it highly accessible because of the depth of the author's technical understanding and credibility. Unlike most other authors in this genre, Turkle does not constantly jar the technically-literate reader with blatant errors or bogus assertions about how things work. Although I personally don't have time or patience for MUDs,view most of AI as snake-oil, and abhor postmodern architecture, I thought the time spent reading this book was an extremely good investment.

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used a nationally representative probability sample of the British population to examine how Twitter and Facebook users differ from the general population in terms of demographics, political attitudes and political behaviour.
Abstract: A growing social science literature has used Twitter and Facebook to study political and social phenomena including for election forecasting and tracking political conversations. This research note uses a nationally representative probability sample of the British population to examine how Twitter and Facebook users differ from the general population in terms of demographics, political attitudes and political behaviour. We find that Twitter and Facebook users differ substantially from the general population on many politically relevant dimensions including vote choice, turnout, age, gender, and education. On average social media users are younger and better educated than non-users, and they are more liberal and pay more attention to politics. Despite paying more attention to politics, social media users are less likely to vote than non-users, but they are more likely to support the left leaning Labour Party when they do vote. However, we show that these apparent differences mostly arise due to the demogra...

240 citations


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  • ..., 2015), and study online deliberation (Larsson and Moe, 2011), political mobilization (Carlisle and Patton, 2013; Vissers and Stolle, 2014), and political ideology (Barbera, 2014; Bond and Messing, 2015)....

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  • ...…elections (Tumasjan et al., 2010; Sang and Bos, 2012; McKelvey et al., 2014; Burnap et al., 2015), and study online deliberation (Larsson and Moe, 2011), political mobilization (Carlisle and Patton, 2013; Vissers and Stolle, 2014), and political ideology (Barbera, 2014; Bond and Messing, 2015)....

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors ask if and how non-target pro-environmental behaviors are affected by environmental education and interventions to promote one proenvironmental behavior, and the spillover effect is discussed.
Abstract: When implementing environmental education and interventions to promote one pro-environmental behavior, it is seldom asked if and how non-target pro-environmental behaviors are affected. The spillov...

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  • ...In a few cases, alternative contexts have been studied, for example vissers and Stolle (2014) found a positive spillover from online political participation (postings in social media) to boycotting or buying products for political, ethical, or environmental reasons....

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  • ...Moral credits The moral credits hypothesis for negative spillover effects predicts that engaging in a behavior which is perceived as morally good creates room for perceived immoral behaviors (Merritt, Effron, and Monin 2010). Khan and Dhar (2006) suggest that moral credits are based on a meta-cognitive balancing strat-...

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  • ...2010; Hares, Dickinson, and Wilkes 2010). However, these findings may not reflect a negative spillover effect, but rather contexts that decrease pro-environmental behaviors in general. Blanken, van de ven, and Zeelenberg’s (2015) meta-analysis on licensing effects tested domain (i....

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TL;DR: In terms of digital media use and youth, the advice has been to monitor and limit access to minimize the negative impacts as discussed by the authors, however, this advice woud not work well in the case of social media.
Abstract: New technologies raise fears in public discourse. In terms of digital media use and youth, the advice has been to monitor and limit access to minimize the negative impacts. However, this advice wou...

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  • ...The digital environments can help citizens develop certain skills and psychological dispositions that are conducive for participation in the more resource-intense off-line activities (Kim, Russo, & Amna, 2016; Vissers & Stolle, 2014)....

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  • ...Scholars have hypothesized that digital media would serve as a gateway, whereby engagement with online activities would lead to off-line participation (Kim et al., 2016; Vissers & Stolle, 2014)....

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  • ...Vissers and Stolle (2014) offer similar findings for their bivariate Wave 1 data on online and off-line participation (0.587 vs. 0.56 in the multivariate model, controlling for sociodemographics, political attitudes, knowledge, and Internet use)....

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  • ...Within the remaining set of studies, the evidence for gateway versus spillover versus no effect is quite split (Boulianne, 2016, 2019; Ekstrom & Östman, 2015; Kahne & Bowyer, 2018; Shehata, Ekström, & Olsson, 2016; Vissers & Stolle, 2014)....

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TL;DR: It is argued that positive tone is only one part of a successful social media interaction plan, and social media managers to actively manage platforms to use activities that spur participation.

119 citations


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  • ...For example, Vissers and Stolle (2014) find that online participation via Facebook does not easily translate into offline participation in political and civic activities....

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TL;DR: A new coefficient is proposed to summarize the relative reduction in the noncentrality parameters of two nested models and two estimators of the coefficient yield new normed (CFI) and nonnormed (FI) fit indexes.
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TL;DR: Facebook usage was found to interact with measures of psychological well-being, suggesting that it might provide greater benefits for users experiencing low self-esteem and low life satisfaction.
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01 Jan 1995
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors define political participation as "how much? about what?" and "who participates" and "race, ethnicity, and gender" in the context of political participation.
Abstract: * *1. Introduction * Part I: The World of Participation *2. Defining Political Participation *3. Political Participation: How Much? About What? *4. Interpreting Political Activity: A Report from Activists *5. Recruiting Political Activists * Part II: Participation and Representation *6. Thinking about Participatory Representation *7. Who Participates? Economic Circumstances and Needs *8. Who Participates? Race, Ethnicity, and Gender * Part III: The Civic Voluntarism Model *9. Explaining Participation: Introductory Considerations *10. Resources for Politics: Time and Money *11. Resources for Politics: Civic Skills *12. Resources, Engagement, and Political Activity *13. Institutions and Recruitment *14. Participation and the Politics of Issue Engagement *15. From Generation to Generation: The Roots of [incomplete]

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