The role of social media news usage and platforms in civic and political engagement: Focusing on types of usage and platforms

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Highlights：

• Informative news use is not significant or even detrimental to civic and political engagement.

• Relational and expressive news use contributes to civic and political engagement.

• Video sharing platforms are most beneficial in promoting participatory behaviors.

• Social networking sites are the least contributing to participatory behaviors.

• Whether social media can lower the threshold for civic and political engagement remains to be seen.

摘要

•Informative news use is not significant or even detrimental to civic and political engagement.•Relational and expressive news use contributes to civic and political engagement.•Video sharing platforms are most beneficial in promoting participatory behaviors.•Social networking sites are the least contributing to participatory behaviors.•Whether social media can lower the threshold for civic and political engagement remains to be seen.

论文关键词：Social media platform,Uses and gratifications,Affordances,News usage,News sharing,Expression,Civic engagement,Political participation

论文评审过程：Received 14 March 2022, Revised 18 July 2022, Accepted 27 August 2022, Available online 6 September 2022, Version of Record 13 September 2022.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2022.107475