TY - JOUR
T1 - Student and environmental protests in chile
T2 - The role of social media
AU - Scherman, Andrés
AU - Arriagada, Arturo
AU - Valenzuela, Sebastián
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 Political Studies Association.
PY - 2015/6/1
Y1 - 2015/6/1
N2 - In 2011, Chile experienced two massive protest movements - one against the cost and quality of public education and another against the construction of power plants in Patagonia. This represented a unique opportunity to analyse and compare how Facebook and Twitter use were related to street demonstrations. Using a probabilistic face-to-face survey among urban youth (18-29 years old) conducted shortly after the protests, this study revealed a positive relationship between the use of social media and participation in both social movements, even controlling for other relevant variables (e.g. political interest, ideology and trust). The theoretical and methodological implications of these findings are discussed in this article.
AB - In 2011, Chile experienced two massive protest movements - one against the cost and quality of public education and another against the construction of power plants in Patagonia. This represented a unique opportunity to analyse and compare how Facebook and Twitter use were related to street demonstrations. Using a probabilistic face-to-face survey among urban youth (18-29 years old) conducted shortly after the protests, this study revealed a positive relationship between the use of social media and participation in both social movements, even controlling for other relevant variables (e.g. political interest, ideology and trust). The theoretical and methodological implications of these findings are discussed in this article.
KW - Environmental
KW - Facebook
KW - Protests
KW - Social movements
KW - Twitter
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84928927465&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/1467-9256.12072
DO - 10.1111/1467-9256.12072
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84928927465
SN - 0263-3957
VL - 35
SP - 151
EP - 171
JO - Politics
JF - Politics
IS - 2
ER -