Stoking the Fires of Participation: Extending the Gamson Hypothesis on Social Media Use and Elite-challenging Political Engagement
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Highlights：
• It examines effects of social media use on elite-challenging political engagement.
• Comparative surveys were conducted in mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.
• Capital-enhancing social media use facilitated political participation.
• Dissidents (having high efficacy but low political trust) were politically active.
• The trust – efficacy typology moderated the political impacts of social media use.
摘要
•It examines effects of social media use on elite-challenging political engagement.•Comparative surveys were conducted in mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.•Capital-enhancing social media use facilitated political participation.•Dissidents (having high efficacy but low political trust) were politically active.•The trust – efficacy typology moderated the political impacts of social media use.
论文关键词：Political participation,Social media,Political trust,Political efficacy,Gamson hypothesis
论文评审过程：Received 18 May 2017, Revised 11 October 2017, Accepted 22 October 2017, Available online 27 October 2017, Version of Record 5 November 2017.
论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2017.10.036
