Even though social media platforms have created opportunities for more efficient and convenient civic participation, they are unlikely to bring about social change if the online actions do not propagate to offline civic participation. This article begins by reviewing the meta-analytic evidence on the relation between social media use and offline civic participation. Following this discussion, we present a theoretical framework that incorporates the attitudinal, motivational, and relational processes that may mediate the effect of social media use on offline civic participation. The framework highlights how social media algorithms may shape attitudes on important societal issues, promote generalized action goals among habitual users, and build social capital. We further discuss factors that may strengthen or undermine each of these processes, suggest ways to design and implement algorithms that may promote offline civic participation, and propose questions for future research.

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社交媒体算法如何塑造线下公民参与：社会心理过程的框架。


尽管社交媒体平台为更高效、更便捷的公民参与创造了机会，但如果线上行为不传播到线下公民参与，就不可能带来社会变革。本文首先回顾了社交媒体使用与线下公民参与之间关系的元分析证据。在这次讨论之后，我们提出了一个理论框架，其中包含了态度、动机和关系过程，这些过程可能会调节社交媒体使用对线下公民参与的影响。该框架强调了社交媒体算法如何塑造对重要社会问题的态度、促进习惯用户的普遍行动目标以及建立社会资本。我们进一步讨论可能加强或破坏这些过程的因素，提出设计和实施可促进线下公民参与的算法的方法，并提出未来研究的问题。