Social Media and Democracy: Social Media Use, Democratic Values, and Regime Types

• In Event: JSS: Public Opinion and Regime Endurance

Brief Overview

This study examines the influence of social media use on democratic values, and argues that it has diverging effects depending a country’s regime type and a strength of anti-democratic forces within a democratic country.

Authors

• Leeann Youn, University of Kansas

• Haruka Nagao, University of Kansas