The Civic Network: A Comparative Study of the Use of Social Media for Enhancing Young People's Political Engagement, Australia, United Kingdom, & United States, 2013 (ICPSR 37023)
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Ariadne Vromen, University of Sydney;
Michael Andrew Xenos, University of Wisconsin--Madison;
Brian Loader, University of York
https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR37023.v1
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This collection explores how the use of online technologies relates to young peoples' political activity and whether such technology use differs according to social background. These issues are examined in three countries: Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The comparative project asks questions about how differing national contexts relate to youth culture and to civic motivations and behaviors. The study builds on and extends single-country cases or multi-country survey research that uses narrow and standardized measures.
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- Additional information on The Civic Network Study can be found on The Civic Network Study Website.
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The purpose of the study was understand how young people use social media to engage in community and political issues in Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
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A nationally representative sample of young people in Australia, United Kingdom, and the United States systematically recruited from online panels to create samples that mirrored census data in each country, resulting in a combined total of 3,887 observations.
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Individuals ages 16-29 who live in Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
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2018-05-04
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2018-05-04 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:
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The public-use data files in this collection are available for access by the general public. Access does not require affiliation with an ICPSR member institution.