The Impact of Social Capital on Political Participation of Social Media Users in Poland

• Authors: Kamil Filipek

Title variants

PL

Wpływ kapitału społecznego na partycypację polityczną użytkowników mediów społecznościowych w Polsce

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Research on participation of social media users has contributed to our understanding of modern citizenship, civic engagement, and contemporary public sphere. Despite a growing interest in participatory practices in social media little is known about the factors affecting political participation of social media users. Based on an online survey of 700 social media users in Poland, this study examines the relationship between social capital (defined at the individual level as a resource embedded in personal networks) and political participation. It has been established that there is a contradictory relationship between social capital and participatory activities of social media users. Apparently, differences between the resources that are only embedded in personal networks on the one hand, and those that can be mobilized for purposive actions on the other, matter when association between social capital and political participation is considered. Moreover, the presence of these resources significantly varies across different types of social relations (family, friends and acquaintances) of respondents engaged in different participatory actions.

PL

Badania partycypacji politycznej użytkowników mediów społecznościowych przyczyniły się do lepszego poznania istoty współczesnego obywatelstwa, zaangażowania obywateli oraz sfery publicznej. Niewiele wiemy jednak na temat wpływu zasobów kapitału społecznego na partycypację polityczną użytkowników mediów społecznościowych. Bazując na wynikach badań online 700 użytkowników mediów społecznościowych w Polsce, artykuł ten koncentruje się na zależnościach między kapitałem społecznym (definiowanym na poziomie indywidualnym jako zasoby zakorzenione w sieciach personalnych), a partycypacją polityczną. Wyniki badań sugerują wielowymiarową zależność między zasobami a partycypacją użytkowników mediów społecznościowych. Istotne okazują się być różnice między zasobami, które są tylko zakorzenione w sieciach personalnych a tymi, które mogą zostać zmobilizowane przez respondentów. Efekt zasobów kapitału społecznego zależy również od typu relacji (rodzina, przyjaciele, znajomi), w których pozostają użytkownicy mediów społecznościowych w Polsce.

Keywords

EN

resources; social capital; social media; political participation

PL

zasoby; media społecznościowe; kapitał społeczny; partycypacja polityczna

• Publisher: Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Studia Socjologiczne
• Year: 2019
• Issue: 2(233)
• Pages: 155-177

Contributors

author

Kamil Filipek

• Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej w Lublinie

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DOI

10.24425/sts.2019.126143