Wired to mobilize: The effect of social networking messages on voter turnout

•Undergraduates at a large university were friended on Facebook by a researcher.•A randomized experiment exposed some students to multiple get-out-the-vote posts.•Student turnout increased by 8.22 percentage-points, 10.76%-pts for those age

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Published in:The Social science journal (Fort Collins) 2015-06, Vol.52 (2), p.195-204
Main Authors: Teresi, Holly, Michelson, Melissa R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Civic participation
College Students
Cultural Capital
Elections
Experiment
Experiments
Facebook
Internet
Political Behavior
Political behaviour
Political Participation
Scholarship
Social Capital
Social media
Social Networks
Universities
Voter behavior
Voter Turnout
Voters
Voting
Voting turnout
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Summary:•Undergraduates at a large university were friended on Facebook by a researcher.•A randomized experiment exposed some students to multiple get-out-the-vote posts.•Student turnout increased by 8.22 percentage-points, 10.76%-pts for those age
ISSN:0362-3319
1873-5355
DOI:10.1016/j.soscij.2014.09.004