ONLINE POLITICAL PARTICIPATION, MEANINGFUL CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT, AND SOCIAL PROTEST CAMPAIGNS
ONLINE POLITICAL PARTICIPATION, MEANINGFUL CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT, AND SOCIAL PROTEST CAMPAIGNS

Summary/Abstract: This article reviews and advances existing literature concerning the role of media technologies for social protest campaigns. Using various empirical data, we performed analyses and made estimates regarding the percentage of social media users who say they discuss politics and government with others nearly every day/few times a week/few times a month/less often; the percentage of social media users who say they have publicly expressed support for campaign on social media, contacted elected official, contributed money to campaign, attended political rally or event, attended local government meeting, and worked or volunteered for campaign; the percentage of social media users who feel that these sites help users get involved with issues that matter to them/bring new voices into the political discussion/help people learn what political candidates are really like very/somewhat well; and the percentage of social media users who say their political discussions are more or less respectful/likely to come to a resolution/civil/focused on policy debates/politically correct/informative/angry compared with other places people might discuss politics.

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