The Mediating Path to a Stronger Citizenship: Online and Offline Networks, Weak Ties, and Civic Engagement

Zúñiga, Homero Gil de; Valenzuela, Sebastián

doi:10.1177/0093650210384984

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“…While Gil de Zúñiga and Valenzuela (2011) suggest that large and heterogenic networks tend to generate more civic activity, our results were mixed. For the IT team, their diverse personal interests and political affiliations were a reason to discuss news in their WhatsApp group: it was generic enough that all members in the group could talk along.…”

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Shedding light on the dark social: The connective role of news and journalism in social media communities

Swart

Peters

Broersma³

2018

New Media & Society

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Messaging apps and Facebook groups are increasingly significant in everyday life, shaping not only interpersonal communication but also how people orient themselves to public life. These "dark social media" are important spaces for "public connection," a means for bridging people's private worlds and everything beyond. This article analyzes how people perceive news on such platforms, focusing on the different roles it plays in key social networks that rely on dark social media for communication. Arguing that the use of these platforms is foremost a social practice, the study employs focus groups with local, work, and leisure-related communities to investigate questions of inclusiveness, engagement, relevance, and constructiveness associated with sharing and discussing news. We find the perceived value of news on dark social media hinges on the control and privacy it provides. Community type was less significant than communicative aims of the group for shaping the uptake of news and journalism.

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Shedding light on the dark social: The connective role of news and journalism in social media communities

Swart

Peters

Broersma³

2018

New Media & Society

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“…Consequently, we may conceive computer-mediated discussions as being more efficient at mobilizing individuals to participate in political affairs. While evidence for such a process has been found in the context of explicitly political forums (see Gil de Zuniga and Valenzuela, 2011), this was a result of self-reported surveys rather than an analysis of the forums themselves. No study has yet examined the extent to which political action emerges in third spaces, where -based on the typically casual, chatty and frivolous nature -we might assume that they are not as goaloriented or efficient at mobilization.…”

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From everyday conversation to political action: Talking austerity in online ‘third spaces’

Graham

Jackson

Wright

2015

European Journal of Communication

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Taking forward a new agenda for online political deliberation -the study of everyday political talk in non-political, online 'third spaces' -this article examines the dynamics of political talk across three general interest UK-based online forums. The quantitative analysis found that discussions about austerity were just as likely to emerge from non-political discussions as they were ones that began as 'political', demonstrating the links people made between everyday experiences and public policy. Our qualitative analysis represents the first real attempt to analyse political actions within third spaces, with some striking outcomes. Over half of all political discussions led to at least one political action (with significant variation between forums). The findings demonstrate that while such third spaces remain concerned with the preoccupations of everyday life, they can and do perform a role of mobilizing agent towards political participation.

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“…Bireylerin heterojen yapıya sahip sosyal ağlardaki faaliyetleri ile sivil ve siyasal katılım arasındaki ilişki, hem demokratik vatandaşlığı teşvik etmesi hem de müzakereci ve katılımcı demokrasilerin kilit göstergelerinden biri olması açısından önemli bir araştırma alanıdır (bkz. Gil De Zuniga ve Valenzuela, 2011;Mutz, 2006;Sunstein, 2001). …”

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Young citizens of the information era: Attitudes towards the political use of digital social networks <p>Bilgi çağının genç yurttaşları: Dijital sosyal ağların siyasal temelde kullanımına dair tutumlar

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2017

HumanSciences

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Today, the imprtance of internet or web based communication is getting more and more important. These new web technologies, especially digital social networking sites, have created unique areas for online communication. There is an important literature on the use of these digital social networks, especially for political purposes. The main sources of motivation for the political use of social networks; the factors that prevent the use of these venues on the political basis; as well as the social effects or consequences of the political use of social media or social networks in democratic regimes are important issues. In this way, the tendency of young citizens, defined as net generation, to share social and political ideas in digital social networks and their attitudes towards using these venues as a platform of political expression have been examined. Young people's meanings that they assign to political activities in digital social networks, as well as how they evaluate the political activities in these settings as a part of their daily lives were analyzed empirically through quantitative and qualitative data. Extended English abstract is in the end of PDF (TURKISH) file.ÖzetGünümüzde internet veya web temelli iletişimin önemi gittikçe daha da artmaktadır. Bu yeni web teknolojilerinden özellikle dijital sosyal paylaşım ağları çevrimiçi iletişim için eşsiz alanlar yaratmıştır. Birçok farklı kullanım amacına hizmet eden bu ağların özellikle siyasal temeldeki kullanımına yönelik önemli bir literatür oluşmaktadır. Dijital sosyal ağların siyasal amaçlı kullanılmasındaki temel motivasyon kaynakları, bu mecraların siyasal temelde kullanımını engelleyici faktörler ve ayrıca bunun demokratik rejimlerde bireysel ve toplumsal düzeydeki etkileri veya sonuçları önem arz etmektedir. Bu yönde, çalışmada ağ kuşağı olarak tanımlanan genç yurttaşların dijital sosyal ağlarda sosyal ve siyasal fikirlerini paylaşma eğilimleri ve bu mecraları bir siyasal tartışma platformu olarak kullanmaya yönelik tutumları incelenmiştir. Başka bir deyişle, makalede genç kuşakların dijital sosyal ağlardaki siyasal içerikli etkinliklere yükledikleri anlamlar ve bu mecralardaki siyasal etkinlikleri gündelik hayatlarında nereye konumlandırdıkları meselesi nicel ve nitel veriler aracılığıyla ampirik düzeyde irdelenmiştir.

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The Mediating Path to a Stronger Citizenship: Online and Offline Networks, Weak Ties, and Civic Engagement

Cited by 298 publications

References 58 publications

Shedding light on the dark social: The connective role of news and journalism in social media communities

Shedding light on the dark social: The connective role of news and journalism in social media communities

From everyday conversation to political action: Talking austerity in online ‘third spaces’

Young citizens of the information era: Attitudes towards the political use of digital social networks <p>Bilgi çağının genç yurttaşları: Dijital sosyal ağların siyasal temelde kullanımına dair tutumlar

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