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Measures Of Digital Activism Engagement On Twitter Among Filipino College Students, Mary Marguerithe Y. Abing, Isabella Rose S. Marasigan, Yzza Ayumi N. Moriyama, Emilia Francesca V. Quioc May 2022

Measures Of Digital Activism Engagement On Twitter Among Filipino College Students, Mary Marguerithe Y. Abing, Isabella Rose S. Marasigan, Yzza Ayumi N. Moriyama, Emilia Francesca V. Quioc

DLSU Senior High School Research Congress

With the rise of social media platforms, Twitter has become a medium for connecting and encouraging individuals to participate in digital activism. However, there is a lack of literature that encompasses the digital activism behavior of Filipinos. Thus, this study applies the theory of planned behavior (TBP) and self-efficacy theory to measure the attitude towards digital activism (AT), subjective norms (SN), Twitter engagement efficacy (TE), and behavioral intentions (BI) affecting Filipinos’ digital activism engagement. An online cross-sectional survey was conducted among college students from Manila (n=104). The results revealed that attitude towards digital activism, Twitter engagement efficacy, and behavioral intentions …