TY - JOUR
T1 - Connecting blog, twitter and facebook use with gaps in knowledge and participation
AU - Yoo, Sung Woo
AU - de Zúñiga, Homero Gil
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 Communication & Society.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Although they share a similar ‘social media’ tag, blogs, microblog sites like Twitter, and social networking sites (SNS) like Facebook are distinctive in their relationships with political engagement. This paper examined the impact of the use of the three media on the gaps in political knowledge and participation between the more and less educated people. In the results, Facebook use interacted positively with education in predicting civic and issue knowledge. The gap of offline participation was larger among heavy Twitter users than among light users. Overall, findings imply that social media amplify or reinforce inequality of political engagement.
AB - Although they share a similar ‘social media’ tag, blogs, microblog sites like Twitter, and social networking sites (SNS) like Facebook are distinctive in their relationships with political engagement. This paper examined the impact of the use of the three media on the gaps in political knowledge and participation between the more and less educated people. In the results, Facebook use interacted positively with education in predicting civic and issue knowledge. The gap of offline participation was larger among heavy Twitter users than among light users. Overall, findings imply that social media amplify or reinforce inequality of political engagement.
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U2 - 10.15581/003.27.4.33-48
DO - 10.15581/003.27.4.33-48
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84922368194
SN - 0214-0039
VL - 27
SP - 33
EP - 48
JO - Communication and Society
JF - Communication and Society
IS - 4
ER -