Lauren Copeland, a graduate student, along with Professor Bruce Bimber and a colleague will have their article, “Political consumerism: Civic engagement and the social media connection” published in a forthcoming issue of New Media & Society. 

The article focuses on political consumerism, civic engagement, and social media use.  “Using original survey data collected in the US, [they] find that political consumerism is more closely related to civic engagement than it is to political participation, and that use of social media mediates the relationship between general Internet use and political consumerism” (from their abstract).

The article is available to be read online.