Wired for Influence: A Series of Experiments Evaluating the Ability of Peer Interaction through Social Network Sites to Influence Political Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behavior

Description

This study examines the impact of political information conveyed through social media. Using the popular social network site (SNS), Facebook, I conduct a quasi-lab experiment, survey experiment, and randomized field experiment involving undergraduate students to explore the extent to which peer-to-peer communication via social media can increase political knowledge, change political attitudes, and mobilize people to vote.

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1. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/political_science_diss/22
2. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1026&context=political_science_diss

Tags

Social networking sites

Social Media

Facebook

Experiments

Voter

SNS

Turnout

Additional Fields

Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:GEORGIA/oai:digitalarchive.gsu.edu:political_science_diss-1026
Date	05 May 2012
Creators	Teresi, Holly
Publisher	Digital Archive @ GSU
Source Sets	Georgia State University
Detected Language	English
Type	text
Format	application/pdf
Source	Political Science Dissertations