The Impact of Social Media on Political Participation in Democracies
Keywords:
Artificial Intelligence, Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs), Cybersecurity, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS), Anomaly Detection, Threat Detection, Network Security, AI-based Security SolutioAbstract
The research investigates how social media affects democratic political participation among citizens. Social media adoption continues to rise thus political involvement transformed leading to novel citizen approaches in political engagement. Research investigates the link between social media platforms and political engagement along with associated behaviors that involve voting activities and discussion of political topics and active participation. A combination of surveys together with qualitative interviews enables this research to deliver detailed assessments regarding both advantages and disadvantages of social media use for political involvement. Social media promotes political involvement yet its complete adoption depends on solving issues that include misinformation as well as polarization.
