How does social media use influence political participation and civic engagement? A meta-analysis

http://socialnetworkingnews.org/how-does-social-media-use-influence-political-participation-and-civic-engagement-a-meta-analysis-2/

Academic research has consistently found that people who consume more news media have a greater probability of being civically and politically engaged across a variety of measures. But in an era when the public’s time and attention is increasingly directed toward platforms such as Facebook and Twitter, scholars have sought to evaluate the still-emerging relationship between social media use and public engagement. The Obama presidential campaigns in 2008 and 2012 and the Arab Spring in 2011 catalyzed interest in networked digital connectivity and political action, but the data remain far from conclusive.

Source: journalistsresource.org

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