Pengaruh Penggunaan Media Sosial terhadap Partisipasi Politik Daring dan Luring pada Mahasiswa di Indonesia

This study examines the influence of social media use on online and offline political participation, as well as the effect of online political participation on offline political participation among Indonesian university students. A quantitative survey was conducted with 135 active university students in Indonesia. Data were analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling–Partial Least Squares (SEM-PLS) with SmartPLS 4. The findings show that social media use positively and significantly influences online political participation and has a positive, though weaker, effect on offline political participation. In addition, online political participation significantly encourages offline political participation. These findings suggest that political engagement in digital spaces can motivate students to participate in political activities in the real world.