Date of Award
11-12-2021
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Political Science, MA
First Advisor
Cameron Wimpy
Committee Members
Jordan Butcher; William McLean
Call Number
LD 251 .A566t 2021 F67
Abstract
One of the growing influences in in political sphere in the last 20 years is social media. The ways individuals can share ideas about political movements has become easier with the common usage of the hashtag (#). Between the growth of influence and ease of usage there is a need to understand the relationship between social media usage and political engagement. I utilized the Cooperative Congressional Election Study (CCES) dataset for this research. The dataset allows for the exploration of how individuals engage with politics online by asking how individuals use social media such as posting a story, a comment, reading a story, following a political event, or forwarding a story/photo/link, as well as general question about the respondents (Ansolabehere, et al.). From this dataset I utilized five different dependent variables to measure political engagement and several different independent variables to test what influences political engagement.
Rights Management
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Fortson, Amanda Jewel Weston, "Social Media's Influence on Political Engagement" (2021). Student Theses and Dissertations. 294.
https://arch.astate.edu/all-etd/294
Included in
Political Science Commons, Social Influence and Political Communication Commons, Social Media Commons
