The internet and participation inequality : a multilevel examination of 108 countries

• Main Authors: Ahmed, Saifuddin, Cho, Jaeho, Jaidka, Kokil, Eichstaedt, Johannes C., Ungar, Lyle H.
• Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Social sciences::Communication; Civic Participation; Government Intervention
• Online Access: https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/11314; https://hdl.handle.net/10356/146861
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This study investigates the role of the Internet in civic participation inequality across 108 countries. Merging individual-level survey data from the 2016 Gallup World Poll with country-level indices, we conduct multilevel analyses to answer three broader sets of questions: (1)...