TY - GEN
T1 - The influence of social networking sites on participation in the 2012 presidential election
AU - Adler, Rachel F.
AU - Adler, William D.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Social networking sites are gaining in popularity, and candidates for president have been getting more involved in these online platforms. In order to examine whether a presidential candidate's presence on social networking sites influences people's political participation, we conducted a survey asking users a series of questions related to their social networking involvement, political involvement, and political involvement on social networking sites, specifically with regard to the 2012 presidential election. Our results indicate that despite being politically minded, these users do not use Facebook for political reasons and a candidate's online presence does not influence their decision on how to vote.
AB - Social networking sites are gaining in popularity, and candidates for president have been getting more involved in these online platforms. In order to examine whether a presidential candidate's presence on social networking sites influences people's political participation, we conducted a survey asking users a series of questions related to their social networking involvement, political involvement, and political involvement on social networking sites, specifically with regard to the 2012 presidential election. Our results indicate that despite being politically minded, these users do not use Facebook for political reasons and a candidate's online presence does not influence their decision on how to vote.
KW - Elections
KW - Facebook
KW - Social Networking Sites
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-39371-6_27
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-39371-6_27
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84880858037
SN - 9783642393709
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 233
EP - 239
BT - Online Communities and Social Computing - 5th International Conference, OCSC 2013, Held as Part of HCI International 2013, Proceedings
PB - Springer-Verlag Italia Srl
T2 - 5th International Conference on Online Communities and Social Computing, OCSC 2013, Held as Part of 15th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI International 2013
Y2 - 21 July 2013 through 26 July 2013
ER -