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Conference Paper: Social Connections Matter: Online and Offline Civic Engagement among College Students
Title | Social Connections Matter: Online and Offline Civic Engagement among College Students |
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Authors | |
Keywords | Youth civic engagement Social network Digital citizenship Weak tie theory |
Issue Date | 2021 |
Publisher | Association for Information Science and Technology. The Journal's web site is located at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/loi/23739231 |
Citation | 84th Annual Meeting of Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T), Salt Lake City, Utah, October 30-November 2, 2021. In Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, v. 58 n. 1, p. 127-138 How to Cite? |
Abstract | This research examines civic engagement from both online and offline perspectives using 371 samples collected from two universities in China. We aimed to explore the effects of college students' social connections on their online and offline civic engagement using partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). We found that weak ties in college students' civic discussion networks play a significant role in affecting both online and offline civic engagement. Additionally, students' characteristics, such as academic year, leadership role, and party membership, are associated with offline civic engagement, but not with online civic engagement. Political efficacy was also found to be a significant factor affecting both online and offline civic engagement. This study examines the weak tie theory in the context of online and offline civic engagement, sheds light on underlying principles for engaging young adults in civic life in the digital era and advocates the importance of developing a blended approach for engaging college students in civic engagement in both online and offline settings. |
Description | Paper Session 22: Engagement and Representation, Online and Offline Topic: Technology; Culture; and Society Long papers |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/314314 |
DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Feng, S | - |
dc.contributor.author | Li, M | - |
dc.contributor.author | Erstad, O | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-07-18T06:15:45Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2022-07-18T06:15:45Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | 84th Annual Meeting of Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T), Salt Lake City, Utah, October 30-November 2, 2021. In Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, v. 58 n. 1, p. 127-138 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/314314 | - |
dc.description | Paper Session 22: Engagement and Representation, Online and Offline | - |
dc.description | Topic: Technology; Culture; and Society | - |
dc.description | Long papers | - |
dc.description.abstract | This research examines civic engagement from both online and offline perspectives using 371 samples collected from two universities in China. We aimed to explore the effects of college students' social connections on their online and offline civic engagement using partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). We found that weak ties in college students' civic discussion networks play a significant role in affecting both online and offline civic engagement. Additionally, students' characteristics, such as academic year, leadership role, and party membership, are associated with offline civic engagement, but not with online civic engagement. Political efficacy was also found to be a significant factor affecting both online and offline civic engagement. This study examines the weak tie theory in the context of online and offline civic engagement, sheds light on underlying principles for engaging young adults in civic life in the digital era and advocates the importance of developing a blended approach for engaging college students in civic engagement in both online and offline settings. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Association for Information Science and Technology. The Journal's web site is located at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/loi/23739231 | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology | - |
dc.subject | Youth civic engagement | - |
dc.subject | Social network | - |
dc.subject | Digital citizenship | - |
dc.subject | Weak tie theory | - |
dc.title | Social Connections Matter: Online and Offline Civic Engagement among College Students | - |
dc.type | Conference_Paper | - |
dc.identifier.email | Feng, S: shihuife@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Feng, S=rp02701 | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1002/pra2.442 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 334080 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 58 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 1 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 127 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 138 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United States | - |