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Kushin et al. (2009). Did Social Media Really Matter?
College Students' Use of Online Media and Political Decision Making in the 2008 Election
The authors address the question of how important was social media among young people in the 2008 election. The relevance of the question is motivated by two kinds of studies. One type is previous studies indicating a decline in the use of traditional media for public affairs content among young adults and an increase in the use of social media for political information in the same population. The other kind is studies finding contradictory evidence in the relationships among Internet use and political efficacy and involvement. Social media is conceptualized as communities organized around the creation, collection and exchange of information, such as YouTube and Facebook. Traditional media is seen as information in social media, (b) online expression of opinions about the campaign (such as engaging in discussions in blogs), and (c) use of traditional Internet sources for campaign information. The other three hypotheses test the relationships between political involvement and the three variables just mentioned (a) to (c). Political involvement was conceptualized as seeking or paying attention to information about the campaign. A standard conceptualization of political efficacy was used.
A sample of students at a university in the Northwest was drawn from the Registrar's record and an online survey was administered two weeks prior to the 2008 presidential election. The response rate was low but yielded 423 acceptable responses. The…
The first hypothesis, that the majority of youth absorb political information form personal communication and social media networks, is only partially proven. It was surprising that the majority of respondents do not use social media such as Facebook and Twitter to access political information. This runs contrary to many studies on the subject, which were indeed used in the construction of this hypothesis. Another surprising finding in this regard, but perhaps
Convenience sampling is a method of nonprobability sampling and will be used because it is inexpensive and convenient for this purpose. Instead of trying to determine where the highest concentration of eighteen to thirty-year-olds are, we will use the convenience of the local colleges and universities where we know there is a large population among this age group that we are seeking. From this first method of sampling, we
Unemployment and Young Workers One of the hardest-hit groups during the recent economic crisis in America was that of young college graduates. Lacking experience and possessing high rates of student debt, many struggled to find a foothold in the new economy and were forced to take jobs that did not require a college degree. More college graduates than every have been forced to live at home with their parents rather than
young, most of us do not think about making a conscious decision to die. We look forward to years of long and healthy life, and if death ever seems appealing it is as an antidote to depression. It does not often, if ever, occur to us that there will be a time when we look forward to the "good death" promised by euthanasia. But it is inevitable that for many
sociology principles. im a semester sophomore. complete questions paper uploaded. Individuals in the contemporary society tend to be divided into several camps when it comes to voting, with age playing an essential role in determining a person's likeliness to vote. History has shown that significant events tend to represent incentives for young people to want to be able to vote and to actually fight for their right to vote. The
American Political Behavior Mid-Term and Discussion Chapter and Blog Module 4/Discussion 1 -- Participation of Young Voters Young voter participation has been lagging behind other age groups, which has been a major concern. It is a concern because majority of the population that is eligible to vote comprises of the youth. In a nation where 23% of the people are edible to vote, 17% comprises of the youth (Winograd & Hais, 2009).