ABSTRACT

In this article, we examine how political trust is associated with participation in political discussions on social media and voting activity. We explore whether social media can provide platforms for those who are passive in terms of formal political participation. Our data were derived from a representative survey based on a sample collected in 2017 from the Finnish population register (N = 2470). Our key findings were that online and offline participation were highly linked to each other. Those citizens who participated formally by voting were also more likely to participate online. Moreover, we found a moderating effect of political trust on the relationship between online and offline participation. Therefore, we concluded that social media platforms also provide channels for political participation for individuals with low political trust who do not participate formally by voting.

摘要

在本文中，我们研究了政治信任如何与参与社交媒体上的政治讨论和投票活动相关联。我们探讨社交媒体是否可以为那些在正式政治参与方面被动的人提供平台。我们的数据来自一项代表性调查，该调查基于 2017 年从芬兰人口登记处收集的样本（N = 2470）。我们的主要发现是，线上和线下的参与是高度相关的。那些通过投票正式参与的公民也更有可能在线参与。此外，我们发现政治信任对在线和离线参与之间的关系有调节作用。所以，