College of Mass Communication, University of the Philippines Diliman, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines.
School of Languages, Humanities, and Social Sciences, Mapua University, Intramuros, Manila, Philippines.
PLoS One. 2019 Mar 19;14(3):e0212263. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0212263. eCollection 2019.
This paper examines the link between reliance on Facebook for news, political knowledge, and political engagement in the Philippines. We tested five hypotheses using data gathered from an online survey of 978 Filipinos conducted from February 1 to March 31, 2016. Findings support the hypothesis that those who rely less on social media as a news source exhibit higher levels of perceived knowledge about politics than those who rely more on it for news. Controlling for traditional news use, following political officials or institutions on social media is associated with higher levels of political interest and engagement, those with more politically active friends on Facebook have higher levels of exposure to political content online, and there is a positive correlation between Facebook being a source of information about politics and discussing politics more often with others. However, the hypothesis that those with more friends on their network who are politically active, will have greater political knowledge and more political engagement than those who have few politically active friends on their Facebook network is not supported.
本文探讨了菲律宾人对 Facebook 的依赖与获取新闻、政治知识和参与政治之间的关系。我们使用 2016 年 2 月 1 日至 3 月 31 日期间通过在线调查收集的 978 名菲律宾人数据，检验了五个假设。研究结果支持以下假设：与更多地依赖社交媒体获取新闻的人相比，较少依赖社交媒体获取新闻的人对政治有更高的认知。控制传统新闻使用后，在社交媒体上关注政治官员或机构与更高的政治兴趣和参与度相关，在 Facebook 上有更多政治活跃的朋友的人会接触到更多的在线政治内容，Facebook 作为政治信息来源与更频繁地与他人讨论政治之间存在正相关关系。但是，那些在自己的网络中有更多政治活跃的朋友的人，其政治知识和政治参与度会高于在自己的 Facebook 网络中很少有政治活跃的朋友的假设并没有得到支持。
