The Effects of Previous and Current Instrumental Involvement and Expressive Involvement on Online Political Participation among Chinese College Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 89 (2) ◽  
pp. 214-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongyu Wang ◽  
Tianji Cai ◽  
Yanyu Xin ◽  
Baichao Chen
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Political Participation ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
Online Political Participation

Attachment to Facebook and the civic lives of minority college students in the United States

First Monday ◽  
2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francis Dalisay ◽  
Matthew Kushin ◽  
Masahiro Yamamoto ◽  
Yung-I Liu ◽  
Wayne Buente
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Political Participation ◽  
Social Trust ◽  
The United States ◽  
Emotional Attachment ◽  
Urban University ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
Minority College Students ◽  
Online Political Participation

A survey of minority college students attending an urban university in the U.S. Midwest was conducted to examine the links between emotional attachment to Facebook and levels along key civic indicators. Results suggested that minority college students’ emotional attachment to Facebook is positively associated with their off-line and online political participation, social trust, and neighborliness, but not with their off-line and online civic engagement. Also, the findings indicate moderate levels of emotional attachment to Facebook, off-line civic engagement, off-line political participation, and social trust, and low levels of online civic engagement and online political participation among minority college students.

Conflict as a Barrier to Online Political Participation?

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francis Dalisay ◽  
Matthew J. Kushin ◽  
Masahiro Yamamoto
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
Political Participation ◽  
Presidential Election ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Political Efficacy ◽  
Political Interest ◽  
Political Expression ◽  
Election Results ◽  
Online Political Participation

This study extends understanding of conflict avoidance's (CA) potential of inhibiting online political participation. Specifically, the authors examine whether CA has a direct negative relationship with traditional online political participation and online political expression, and an indirect negative relationship with these two forms of participation as mediated by political interest and internal political efficacy. A survey of young adult college students living in a U.S. Midwestern battleground state was conducted weeks prior to the 2012 U.S. presidential election. Results showed that CA has a direct negative relationship with both traditional online political participation and online political expression. Also, CA is negatively associated with political interest and internal political efficacy, which in turn, are positively associated with traditional online political participation and online political expression. Implications are discussed.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document