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OverviewWeb 2.0 and the Political Mobilization of College Students investigates how college students' online activities, when politically oriented, can affect their political participatory patterns offline. Kenneth W. Moffett and Laurie L. Rice find that online forms of political participation-like friending or following candidates and groups as well as blogging or tweeting about politics-draw in a broader swathe of young adults than might ordinarily participate. Political scientists have traditionally determined that participatory patterns among the general public hold less sway in shaping civic activity among college students. This book, however, recognizes that young adults' political participation requires looking at their online activities and the ways in which these help mobilize young adults to participate via other forms. Moffett and Rice discover that engaging in one online participatory form usually begets other forms of civic activity, either online or offline. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Kenneth W. Moffett , Laurie L. RicePublisher: Lexington Books Imprint: Lexington Books Dimensions: Width: 15.70cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.80cm Weight: 0.431kg ISBN: 9781498538572ISBN 10: 1498538576 Pages: 190 Publication Date: 14 September 2016 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsTable of Contents List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgements Chapter One: Participation, Technology and Age Chapter Two: The Issues that Push Students Online Chapter Three: A Portrait of Offline Participation Chapter Four: Friending and Following as a Pathway for Political Participation Chapter Five: Blogging and Tweeting as Attractors to Political Participation Chapter Six: Going Offline? Online Participation's Mobilizing Effects Chapter Seven: Causality, Endogeneity and the Complex Web of Participation Chapter Eight: College Students and the Future of Political Participation Appendix A: Question Wording and Summary Statistics for Student Election Survey Variables Appendix B: Question Wording and Summary Statistics for Pew Surveys Variables References About the AuthorsReviewsMoffett and Rice show that online political participation among college students is far more than idle slactivism. Using one form of social media leads to others and on and offline civic activities are mutually reinforcing. Social media expand the pool of attentive citizens and the forms through which they can join the political fray. Political parties ignore those media at their peril. -- Constance A. Flanagan, University of Wisconsin-Madison Web 2.0 and the Political Mobilization of College Students is a much-needed exploration of millennials' online and offline political activity. Moffett and Rice's examination of different forms of online participation and its consequences for offline participation provides the first empirical evidence that engaging in the virtual world can in fact translate to offline political activity. The consequences of these findings are considerable for both a flourishing field of political science as well as for political parties and candidates. This new book successfully compiles existing literature and theoretical and empirical innovations in ways that enrich our understanding of millennials and their behavior. -- Suzanne Chod, North Central College Author InformationKenneth W. Moffett is associate professor of political science at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Laurie L. Rice is associate professor of political science at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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