Document Type
Article
Date of Original Version
2018
Abstract
Drawing on the resource model of political participation, this study examines the ways in which various resources, including money, computer and Internet access, Internet skills, and civic skills predict Chinese citizens’ political participation online. The results showed that income was a significant predictor of online political participation regardless of whether it was by using the Internet to contact governmental officials, monitoring public policies online, or participating in online protests. Civic skills also consistently predicted the three forms of online political participation. Computer and Internet access, as well as Internet skills, were significant predictors of some forms of online political participation, but not all of them. Political interest positively moderated the association between income and each of the three dependent variables. The theoretical and empirical implications of these results are discussed.
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Ping Xu, Yinjiao Ye & Mingxin Zhang (2018) Assessing political participation on the Internet in contemporary China, Chinese Journal of Communication, DOI: 10.1080/17544750.2018.1445119
Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17544750.2018.1445119
Comment
Ping Xu is in the Department of Political Science. Yinjiao Ye is in the Department of Communication Studies.
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