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Following Politicians on Social Media: Effects for Political Information, Peer Communication, and Youth Engagement
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Abstract Young citizens increasingly turn to social media platforms for political information. These platforms enable direct communication between politicians and citizens, circumventing the influence of traditional news outlets. We still know little about the consequences of direct contact with politicians ... mehr
Young citizens increasingly turn to social media platforms for political information. These platforms enable direct communication between politicians and citizens, circumventing the influence of traditional news outlets. We still know little about the consequences of direct contact with politicians on such platforms for citizens’ political participation. Here, we argue that the interplay of different actors in the political news diet of citizens should be investigated from a networked communication perspective. Relying on a cross-sectional survey of young Danes (15–25 years old, n = 567), we investigate the relationship between following politicians on social media and: (a) the composition of young citizens’ political media diet; and (b) their civic messaging and campaign participation. Following political actors on social media relates to increased campaign engagement and can be a catalyst for young people’s exposure to campaign news, but their friends and followers function as the main node of their political online networks. We document a process of the de-mediation of politics on social media: Established news media lose influence as primary information sources for young citizens. We discuss these results in the context of users’ active curation and passive selection of their political social media diet.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Soziale Medien; Politikerin; Politiker; Jugendlicher; Informationsverhalten; politische Kommunikation; politische Partizipation; Nachrichten; Digitale Medien; politische Aktivität; politisches Verhalten; Wahlkampf; politischer Akteur; Dänemark
Klassifikation
interaktive, elektronische Medien
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
Freie Schlagwörter
networked communication
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2020
Seitenangabe
S. 197-207
Zeitschriftentitel
Media and Communication, 8 (2020) 2
Heftthema
Youth Digital Participation: Opportunities, Challenges, Contexts, and What's at Stake
ISSN
2183-2439
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)