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Social media prosumption and online political participation: An examination of online communication processes

  • University of Oregon
  • University of Massachusetts

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Abstract

This study examines the extent to which social media prosumption, an integrated act of consumption and production, is associated with online political participation. Data from an online panel survey of American adults reveal that social media prosumption has a positive relationship with online political participation indirectly through online political information seeking. Social media prosumption is also positively related to online political participation through online political information and online discussion heterogeneity in serial. Implications are discussed for the role of prosumptive use of social media in online political participation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1885-1902
Number of pages18
JournalNew Media and Society
Volume22
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 1 2020

Keywords

  • Discussion heterogeneity
  • information seeking
  • online political participation
  • prosumption
  • social media

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