Información política en plataformas de redes sociales y participación electoral: evidencia desde Chile utilizando FullMatching

A large number of researches study the relationship between the use of social media platforms and different forms of political participation. However, the evidence regarding the role ofsocialmedia on the electoralturnout is limited, especially in the Latin America context. This research aims to analyze the relationship between the consumption of political information on Facebook and Twitter, and vote turnout in national elections in Chile. Todoso, data from publicopinionsurveysthatmeasure participationinthe2013and 2017 elections (n=7, 736) are used. The Full Matching (FM) technique is applied to reduce the (self)selection bias presentin observationalstudies andto make validcomparisons. The resultsarecomparedbeforeandaftertheapplicationofFM, findingrelevantdifferences. The results with FM indicate that exposure to political information on social media platforms is not associated with electoral participation in the period studied. This opens a discussion regarding the various types of use of platforms and electoral participation.