Survey on Social Media Influence and Political Engagement Among Greek Youth, 2022-2023

310 digitally-active Greeks aged 18–39 participated in a cross-sectional survey exploring social media's political influence. The study introduces a conceptual distinction between 'transformative' influence (shaping beliefs) and 'causative' influence (determining votes), finding a significant 21.3-point gap between them. Anastasios Stavropoulos authored this exploratory work, which provides preliminary quantitative evidence from an underrepresented Southern European context.

Use Cases

• Modeling the 'influence-action gap' based on the reported 21.3-point difference between transformative and causative influence scores.
• Analyzing the 'skepticism paradox' pattern where 72.8% acknowledge persuasive power despite 62.1% viewing content as problematic.
• Studying confirmation bias dynamics based on the finding that 49.3% of respondents prioritize content aligning with existing views.

Strengths

• Includes specific, normalized influence scores (transformative: 50.5/100, causative: 29.2/100) derived from survey data.
• Reports detailed sample-level statistics, such as the 62.1% of respondents with problematic views of content and the 72.8% acknowledging its persuasive power.
• Demonstrates robust consistency across causative indicators, which converged within a narrow 26.9%–30.2% range.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality and structure require manual inspection after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for certain analytical tasks.
• The study acknowledges significant methodological limitations inherent in its convenience sampling approach.

Provenance

Source

Anastasios Stavropoulos via figshare

Collection Method

Exploratory cross-sectional survey using a convenience sample.

Time Range

Data collected in late 2022–early 2023.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-23 05:34:55; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Greece