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Contratexto
versión impresa ISSN 1025-9945versión On-line ISSN 1993-4904
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ZUMARRAGA-ESPINOSA, Marcos. WhatsApp, mobile communication and political participation: a quantitative study from Ecuador. Contratexto [online]. 2021, n.35, pp.17-42. ISSN 1025-9945. http://dx.doi.org/10.26439/contratexto2021.n035.4839.
This work explores the relationship between different political uses of WhatsApp and political participation behaviors in the Ecuadorian context. With the purpose of achieving a more detailed understanding, political participation was classified into three modes of specific action: offline conventional, offline protest and online. On the other hand, the political use of WhatsApp was divided into three types: a) consumption of political information, b) political expression and discussion, and c) contact with online political groups. Using survey data collected in the Metropolitan District of Quito (Ecuador) in 2018, the multiple regression analyses developed indicate that the consumption of political information via WhatsApp only significantly influences political protest actions. On the contrary, the expression and the political discussion through this mobile application produce mobilizing effects on all the analyzed participation forms: a consistent effect also observed when WhatsApp is used for interaction with online political groups. The final section discusses the findings of the study taking into account the previous research on the democratic effects of WhatsApp.
Palabras clave : WhatsApp; offline political participation; online political participation; mobile political communication; Ecuador.