TY - JOUR
T1 - Facebook, Twitter, and youth engagement
T2 - A quasi-experimental study of social media use and protest behavior using propensity score matching
AU - Valenzuela, Sebastián
AU - Arriagada, Arturo
AU - Scherman, Andrés
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 (Sebastián Valenzuela, Arturo Arriagada & Andrés Scherman).
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - This study examines changes in the association between social media use and protest behavior in the context of growing social unrest among the younger population. Using propensity score matching, it analyzes data from a repeated cross-sectional survey taken before, during, and after the 2011 student demonstrations in Chile. The results indicate that both Facebook and Twitter have significant effects on the likelihood of protesting, although these effects vary across time and platforms. These differences are explained in terms of the protest cycle and the strong-tie versus weak-tie network structures that characterize Facebook and Twitter, respectively. Furthermore, the findings highlight the value of studying the time dynamics of the social media-protest relationship.
AB - This study examines changes in the association between social media use and protest behavior in the context of growing social unrest among the younger population. Using propensity score matching, it analyzes data from a repeated cross-sectional survey taken before, during, and after the 2011 student demonstrations in Chile. The results indicate that both Facebook and Twitter have significant effects on the likelihood of protesting, although these effects vary across time and platforms. These differences are explained in terms of the protest cycle and the strong-tie versus weak-tie network structures that characterize Facebook and Twitter, respectively. Furthermore, the findings highlight the value of studying the time dynamics of the social media-protest relationship.
KW - Matching
KW - Political participation
KW - Protest behavior
KW - Social media
KW - Social movements
KW - Social ties
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84928928220
SN - 2076-0930
VL - 8
SP - 2046
EP - 2070
JO - International Journal of Communication Networks and Information Security
JF - International Journal of Communication Networks and Information Security
IS - 1
ER -