Political Consumption in Comparative Perspective
A cross-national research project on social media, civic engagement, and global political action
A cross-national research project on social media, civic engagement, and global political action
We are excited to share our publications with you! Please find below: an acaa meta-analysis article, many articles in academic journals, and reports.
For a visual representation of the findings, explore our infographics.
Boulianne, S. & Hoffmann, C. P. (Under contract). Political Consumerism in Comparative Perspective. Cambridge University Press.
Boulianne, S. (2026). Social media and the perceived efficacy of collective action: Boycotts, marches, strikes, and petitions in four countries. In D. Guzek, J. Labarre, K. Koc-Michalska, D. Lilleker, & U. Russmann (Eds). De Gruyter Handbook of Digital Politics. Berlin: De Gruyter.
Boulianne, S., & Houle, N. (2025). Chocolate and politics: A cross-national, survey-based experiment on recruitment to a boycott campaign. Mobilization: An International Quarterly, 30(1), 73-88. https://doi.org/10.17813/1086-671X-30-1-73
Survey data file, analysis syntax, and SPSS output are available through Figshare
Boulianne, S. (2023). Political consumerism. In M. Grasso & M. Giugni (Eds.). Encyclopedia of Political Sociology. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing.
Boulianne, S., Copeland, L., & Koc-Michalska, K. (2024). Digital media and political consumerism in the United States, Britain, and France. New Media & Society, 26(4): 2110-2130. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448221083025
Boulianne, S. (2022). Socially mediated political consumerism. Information, Communication & Society, 25(5), 609-617. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2021.2020872
Boulianne, S., & Ohme, J. (2022). Pathways to environmental activism in four countries: Social media, environmental concern, and political efficacy. Journal of Youth Studies, 25(6), 771-792. https://doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2021.2011845
Note: This paper also relates to a line of research about climate change. See this separate project website for more publications: https://sites.google.com/view/climate-change-research/home
Boulianne, Shelley, Mullin, Samantha, Stevens, Leanne, López, José Gonzalo Peña, & Sleptcov, Nikita. (2022). Hashtag Boycott on Twitter in 2020 and 2021.
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Please check out our recently published meta-analysis below.
Copeland, L., & Boulianne, S. (2022). Political consumerism: A meta-analysis. International Political Science Review, 43(1): 3-18. https://doi.org/10.1177/0192512120905048