• DOI:10.1177/1065912913482758
Corpus ID: 154739808

Is Social Media Changing How We Understand Political Engagement? An Analysis of Facebook and the 2008 Presidential Election

@article{Carlisle2013IsSM,
  title={Is Social Media Changing How We Understand Political Engagement? An Analysis of Facebook and the 2008 Presidential Election},
  author={Juliet E Carlisle and Robert C. Patton},
  journal={Political Research Quarterly},
  year={2013},
  volume={66},
  pages={883 - 895}
}

• Juliet E Carlisle, Robert C. Patton
• Published 2013
• Political Science
• Political Research Quarterly

This research conceptualizes political engagement in Facebook and examines the political activity of Facebook users during the 2008 presidential primary (T1) and general election (T2). Using a resource model, we test whether factors helpful in understanding offline political participation also explain political participation in Facebook. We consider resources (socioeconomic status [SES]) and political interest and also test whether network size works to increase political activity. We find that… Expand

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