The social media political participation model: A goal systems theory perspective

Autor(en)

Johannes Knoll, Jörg Matthes, Raffael Heiss

Abstrakt

Although studies suggest that the use of social media can promote political participation (PP), there is a lack of theorizing about the psychological processes underlying this relationship. This article attempts to fill this gap by suggesting a social media political participation model. Taking a goal systemic perspective, the model specifies a set of interrelated processes that need to be realized so that social media use affects PP. Furthermore, key contingent conditions are outlined and insights into fostering PP are offered. The article explains ways of testing the model with surveys and experiments. Implications for future research are discussed.

Organisation(en)

Institut für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft

Journal

Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies

Band

26

Seiten

135-156

Anzahl der Seiten

22

ISSN

1354-8565

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1177/1354856517750366

Publikationsdatum

2018

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

508007 Kommunikationswissenschaft, 508014 Publizistik

Schlagwörter

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Communication, Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)

Link zum Portal

https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/de/publications/the-social-media-political-participation-model-a-goal-systems-theory-perspective(9f26a779-78a1-45ec-8d15-c977d31b2b9a).html