Facebook + Political Participation

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

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I found this video on YouTube and it outlines the relationship between the "users & gratifications model" and Facebook brilliantly

Posted by Steph Grisell at 10:48 PM

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Research Questions

R1: How does Facebook promote voter participation in the political process through online campaigns?

R2: How has social media sites, particularly Facebook, made the ways we attain political information different?

Hypotheses

H1: Online campaigns run via Facebook increase political participation by encouraging donations, volunteering, and voting. In particular, online campaigns are increasing political participation in the most at-risk voting group: 18-25

H2: Facebook has made it easier to attain political information readily available. Now, with one click, a user can "like" their favorite politician and garner political information relevant to that individual.

Barack Obama's Facebook Page

http://www.facebook.com/barackobama

John McCain's Facebook Page

http://www.facebook.com/johnmccain

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Tuesday, December 13, 2011

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