Facebook and political engagement: A study of online political group membership and offline political engagement
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In what ways do online groups help to foster political engagement among citizens? We employ a multi-method design incorporating content analysis of online political group pages and original survey research of university undergraduates (n=455) to assess the relationship between online political group membership and political engagement-measured through political knowledge and political participation surrounding the 2008 election. We find that participation in online political groups is strongly correlated with offline political participation, as a potential function of engaging members online. However, we fail to confirm that there is a corresponding positive relationship between participation in online political groups and political knowledge, likely due to low quality online group discussion.
- Occidental College United States
- University of California, Santa Barbara United States
- California State Polytechnic University United States
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