Digital Nationalism and Social Media Behaviour Among Turkish Youth: Identity, Trust, and Online Participation: cross-sectional analytic study
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Abstract: While digital nationalism has emerged as a significant aspect of political identity and public engagement in platformed spaces, there is a lack of research that explores the connections between digital nationalism, national identity, trust, and online participation among young people in Türkiye. The purpose of this study was to investigate cross-sectional relationships between digital nationalism, national identity, trust in online political information, trust in public institutions, and online participation among Turkish youth. The survey design was cross-sectional, online. The sample was 1,208 participants aged 18-29 years. Digital nationalism, national identity, trust dimensions, and online participation were assessed using self-report measures. Association among the principal constructs were analysed using descriptive statistics, confirmatory factor analysis, regression analyses, and interaction models. Digital nationalism was positively related to national identity, trust in online political information, trust in public institutions and online participation. National identity was most strongly related to digital nationalism. Digital nationalism was also correlated with higher online participation even when controlling for demographic characteristics, political interest, social media use, and exposure to political or nationalist content. There was a stronger link between digital nationalism and online participation among those who had a higher level of national identity, while the dimensions of trust did not significantly influence this link. The study illustrates the possibility of investigating digital nationalism, national identity and trust and online participation as interrelated but conceptually distinct aspects of young people's digital political engagement in Türkiye
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