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Shelley Boulianne

Shelley Boulianne

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Political Science

D-Index
29
Citations
7015
World Ranking
1225
National Ranking
44

Overview

Shelley Boulianne is affiliated with Mount Royal University in Canada, focusing on the intersections of social sciences, communication, and political science. Their research spans multiple domains, including social media's role in politics, hate speech detection, electoral systems, media studies, misinformation, e-government, and the impact of technology on adolescents.

Over their career, Boulianne has published extensively in several journals, with frequent contributions to the following venues:

  • New Media & Society
  • Information Communication & Society
  • Social Science Computer Review
  • Media and Communication
  • The International Journal of Press/Politics

Their scholarly output includes works centered on social media and political engagement, combining aspects of communication and political science. Notable recent papers include:

  • "School Strike 4 Climate": Social Media and the International Youth Protest on Climate Change (2020, Media and Communication)
  • Right-wing populism, social media and echo chambers in Western democracies (2020, New Media & Society)

Boulianne has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, reflecting interdisciplinary approaches to political communication and social media studies. Frequent collaborators include:

  • Christian Pieter Hoffmann
  • Karolina Koç-Michalska
  • Bruce Bimber
  • Anders Olof Larsson
  • Jennifer Oser

Their work aligns primarily with the Social Sciences field of study, with significant contributions to subfields such as:

  • Communication
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Political Science and International Relations
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

Key topics covered by Boulianne incorporate:

  • Social Media and Politics
  • Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection
  • Electoral Systems and Political Participation
  • Media Studies and Communication
  • Misinformation and Its Impacts
  • E-Government and Public Services
  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents

Recent publications from related authors in similar venues include political consumerism and media framing studies, contextualizing Boulianne's work within broader discussions of social media influence on democratic processes and youth engagement in climate activism. Their combined research offers insight into how digital platforms affect political expression and social movements.

Best Publications

  • Does Internet Use Affect Engagement? A Meta-Analysis of Research

    Shelley Boulianne

  • Social media use and participation: a meta-analysis of current research

    Shelley Boulianne

  • Testing! testing! one, two, three - Testing the theory in structural equation models!

    Leslie Hayduk;Greta Cummings;Kwame Boadu;Hannah Pazderka-Robinson

  • Stimulating or reinforcing political interest: using panel data to examine reciprocal effects between news media and political interest

    Shelley Boulianne

  • Young People, Digital Media, and Engagement: A Meta-Analysis of Research:

    Shelley Boulianne;Yannis Theocharis

  • Twenty Years of Digital Media Effects on Civic and Political Participation

    Shelley Boulianne

  • “School Strike 4 Climate”: Social Media and the International Youth Protest on Climate Change

    Shelley Boulianne;Mireille Lalancette;David Ilkiw

  • Revolution in the making? Social media effects across the globe

    Shelley Boulianne

  • How Climate Movement Actors and News Media Frame Climate Change and Strike: Evidence from Analyzing Twitter and News Media Discourse from 2018 to 2021

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  • Platform affordances and political participation: how social media reshape political engagement

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  • Online news, civic awareness, and engagement in civic and political life

    Shelley Boulianne

  • Engagement with candidate posts on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook during the 2019 election:

    Shelley Boulianne;Anders Olof Larsson

  • Online political participation: the evolution of a concept

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  • Political consumerism: A meta-analysis:

    Lauren Copeland;Shelley Boulianne

  • How Political Efficacy Relates to Online and Offline Political Participation: A Multilevel Meta-analysis

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  • Building Faith in Democracy: Deliberative Events, Political Trust and Efficacy:

    Shelley Boulianne

  • Right-wing populism, social media and echo chambers in Western democracies:

    Shelley Boulianne;Karolina Koc-Michalska;Bruce Bimber

  • Mini-publics and Public Opinion: Two Survey-Based Experiments:

    Shelley Boulianne

  • Reinforcement Effects between Digital Media Use and Political Participation: A Meta-Analysis of Repeated-Wave Panel Data

    Jennifer Oser;Shelley Boulianne

  • Does compassion go viral? Social media, caring, and the Fort McMurray wildfire

    Shelley Boulianne;Joanne Minaker;Timothy J. Haney

  • Mobilizing media: comparing TV and social media effects on protest mobilization

    Shelley Boulianne;Karolina Koc-Michalska;Bruce Bimber

  • From Online Political Posting to Mansplaining: The Gender Gap and Social Media in Political Discussion:

    Karolina Koc-Michalska;Anya Schiffrin;Anamaria Lopez;Shelley Boulianne

  • Examining the gender effects of different incentive amounts in a web survey

    Shelley Boulianne

  • Attachment to community and civic and political engagement: a case study of students.

    Shelley Boulianne;Michelle Brailey

  • Public Beliefs about Falsehoods in News

    Karolina Koc-Michalska;Bruce Bimber;Daniel Gomez;Matthew Jenkins

  • Campaigns and conflict on social media: a literature snapshot

    Shelley Boulianne

Frequent Co-Authors

Yannis Theocharis
Yannis Theocharis Technical University of Munich

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