Facebook and political engagement: A study of online political group membership and offline political engagement

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1535-1546

  Conroy, Meredith ^a   Feezell, Jessica T ^b   Guerrero, Mario ^c  

^a OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Facebook; Political communication; Political participation; Social media; Surveys

Indexed keywords

CONTENT ANALYSIS; FACEBOOK; GROUP DISCUSSIONS; LOW QUALITIES; MULTI METHODS; OFFLINE; POLITICAL COMMUNICATION; POLITICAL GROUPS; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; POTENTIAL FUNCTION; SOCIAL MEDIA; SURVEY RESEARCH;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); SURVEYS;

SOCIAL SCIENCES;

EID: 84863728179     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2012.03.012     Document Type: Article

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