Digital Political Talk and Political Participation: Comparing Established and Third Wave Democracies

We investigate whether and how informal political talk on digital media contributes to citizens’ political participation with unique surveys based on samples representative of Internet users in seven Western democracies. We show that political talk on both social networking sites and mobile instant...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Cristian Vaccari, Augusto Valeriani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2018-06-01
Series:SAGE Open
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244018784986