It's Complicated: Facebook Users' Political Participation in the 2008 Election

By Jessica Vitak, Paul Zube, Andrew D. Smock, Caleb T. Carr, Nicole B. Ellison, Cliff Lampe. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 2011

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Subfields: Communication, Sociology and Political Science

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College Students' Motivations for Facebook Use and Psychological Outcomes (2014, background): “…(i.e., independent variable) that explains social/ psychological outcomes such as social capital (e.g., Ellison et al., 2007; Steinfield, Ellison, & Lampe, 2008), political participation (e.g., Valenzuela et al., 2009; Vitak et al., 2011), or life satisfaction (e.g., Valenzuela et al., 2009).”
Student class standing, Facebook use, and academic performance (2015, background): “Researchers have examined how Facebook is related to various aspects of the college student experience including engagement (Junco, 2012b), multitasking (Junco, 2012c; Junco & Cotten, 2012), political activity (Vitak et al., 2011), life satisfaction, social trust, civic engagement, and political par”
Comparing actual and self-reported measures of Facebook use (2013, background): “…updates per week (Ong et al., 2011), and a measure that combines total number of Facebook friends, minutes per day on Facebook over the last week, and emotional variables (such as ''I would be sorry if Facebook shut down''; Ellison et al., 2007, 2011; Valenzuela et al., 2009; Vitak et al., 2011).”
Facebook and political engagement: A study of online political group membership and offline political engagement (2012, background): “Also, more recent li slacktivism, see Vitak et al., 2011. a b s t r a c t In what ways do online groups help to foster political engagement among citizens?”
Explicating the ‘like’ on Facebook brand pages: The effect of intensity of Facebook use, number of overall ‘likes’, and number of friends' ‘likes’ on consumers' brand outcomes (2016, background): “…online impression formation, intensity of Facebook usage has been associated with greater on-site political activity and ‘liking’ of candidates’ pages (Vitak et al. 2011), displays of romantic relationship statuses (Papp, Danielewicz, and Cayemberg 2012), and linking of the self to brand pages…”
Social media and citizen engagement: A meta-analytic review (2016, background): “…agrees on the importance of informational and political uses of social media, demonstrating a positive relationship between Facebook Groups use (Conroy et al., 2012; Valenzuela et al., 2009), political activity on Facebook (Vitak et al., 2011), and SNS use for news (Gil de Zúñiga et al., 2012).”
Social media effects on fostering online civic engagement and building citizen trust and trust in institutions (2014, background): “Past studies on online civic engagement have shown that the internet has been widely used for publication and coordinating activities (Denning, 2000; Harp, Bachmann, & Guo, 2012; Valenzuela et al., 2009; Vitak et al., 2011).”
The social media political participation model: A goal systems theory perspective (2020, background): “However, studies investigating the effects of general SMU produced inconsistent results (Vitak et al., 2011; Xenos et al., 2014).”