TY - JOUR TT - YOUTH'S ONLINE POLITICAL PARTICIPATION IN THE CONTEXT OF SOCIAL NETWORK USAGE AND POLITICAL INTERETS AU - Anıl, Nihat Kamil AU - Eti İçli, Gülnur PY - 2017 DA - November JF - Kırklareli Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi JO - KLUJFEAS PB - Kirklareli University WT - DergiPark SN - 2146-3417 SP - 87 EP - 96 VL - 6 IS - 3 KW - Sosyal ağ KW - sosyal medya KW - online siyasi katılım KW - Kırklareli Üniversitesi N2 - Objective: Thepurpose of this study is to investigate the relationships between social networksites, political interest and youth’s online political participation. Method: 400 Vize Vocational Collegeof Kırklareli University students who stressed to vote in November 2015 GeneralElections participated the survey by convenient sampling. 320 usablequestionnaire was obtained with the 80% response rate. Exploratory andconfirmatory factor analyses and structural equation modeling were used toanalyze the data. Results: As aresult, findings show the positive statistically significant relationshipbetween online political participation and social network sites usage andpolitical interest. CR - Abdu, S.D., Mohamad, B., Muda, S. (2017). Youth Online Political Participation: The Role of Facebook Use, Interactivity, Quality Information and Political Interest, SHS Web of Conferences 33 CR - Akıncı, S. (2014). Siyasal Katılım Düzeyleri Üzerine Bir İnceleme. Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, Bahar, 7: 33-45 CR - Ataman, A. Sener, T., Noack, P. & Born, M. (2017). Political participation beyond borders: a comparative analysis of Turkish youth living in home country, Germany and Belgium. Journal of Youth Studies, 20:5, 565-582. CR - Balcı, Ş. ve Sarıtaş, H. (2015). Facebook ve Siyasal Katılım: 2014 Yerel Seçimleri Araştırması. Selçuk Üniversitesi Türkiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi, 511-535 CR - Baumgartner, J.C., Morris, J.S., (2010). MyFaceTube Politics Social Networking Web Sites and Political Engagement of Young Adults. Social Science Computer Review, 28 (1), 24-44. CR - Bode, L., Vraga, E. K., Borah, P., & Shah, D. V. (2014). A new space for political behavior: Political social networking and its democratic consequences. Journal of Computer- Mediated Communication, 19, 414–429. CR - Brussino, S., Medrano, L., Sorribas, P. & Rabbia, H. (2011). Young adults’ knowledge of politics: Evaluating the role of sociocognitive variables using structural equations. Spanish Journal of Psychology, 14, 183– 194. CR - Calenda, D., Meijer, A. (2009). Young people, the Internet, and political participation. Information Communication And Society, September, 879-898 CR - Çildan, C., Ertemiz, M., Tumuçin, H.K., Küçük, E., Albayrak, D. (2012).Sosyal Medyanın Politik Katılım ve Hareketlerdeki Rolü,Akademik Bilişim 2012 Konferansı, Uşak. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259338963 (Erişim Tarihi: 05/09/2017) UR - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/klujfeas/issue//354368 L1 - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/365513 ER -