The Role of Citizen Participation and the Use of Social Media Platforms in the Participatory Budgeting Process

2016 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria Gordon ◽  
Jeffery L. Osgood ◽  
Daniel Boden
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Participatory Budgeting ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Budgeting Process

scholarly journals Innovation of Regional Participation Budgeting Through A Social Media Platform Model

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 159-178
Author(s):  
Lesmana Rian Andhika ◽  
Heru Nurasa ◽  
Nina Karlina ◽  
Candradewini Candradewini
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Future Research ◽  
The Political ◽  
Participatory Budgeting ◽  
Social Media Platform ◽  
Planning Decision ◽  
Media Platform ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Budgeting Process

The participatory budgeting process through social media has received attention in recent years, aims to increaseg citizen participation in government budgeting. The use of social media in many cases opposes the political practice assumptions of a budget lobbying to decide a specific budget post. Using conceptual article methods, we identified a participatory budgeting framework simulation using social media (Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, YouTube, Google+, Telegram) to provide detailed explanations of procedures or techniques, specific instructions, discuss, and describe the participatory budgeting practices determination. Therefore, it required an innovative way, academically claimed to give better budget transparency. This research resulted in some information i.e., with the participatory budgeting model through social media, the citizen can take part in the planning, decision-making, and monitoring budgets democratically. Finally, we consider the weaknesses of our knowledge, suggesting the participatory budgeting that can be tested in future research. Keywords: Participatory Budgeting, Social Media, Citizen Participation, Innovative Abstrak Proses penganggaran partisipatif melalui media sosial telah mendapat perhatian dalam beberapa tahun terakhir, bertujuan untuk meningkatkan partisipasi masyarakat dalam penganggaran pemerintah. Penggunaan media sosial di banyak kasus menentang asumsi praktik politis anggaran dengan cara lobi untuk menentukan pos anggaran tertentu. Dengan menggunakan metode conceptual article, kami mengidentifikasi simulasi kerangka kerja penganggaran partisipatif menggunakan media sosial (Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, YouTube, Google+, Telegram) untuk memberikan penjelasan rinci tentang prosedur atau teknik, dan menyediakan instruksi spesifik, mendiskusikannya, dan menggambarkan penentuan praktik penganggaran partisipatif. Oleh sebab itu diperlukan cara yang inovatif, secara akademis diklaim memberikan transparansi anggaran yang lebih baik. Penelitian ini menghasilkan beberapa informasi yaitu, dengan model penganggaran partisipatif melalui media sosial, masyarakat lebih demokratis untuk ikut dalam perencanaan, pengambilan keputusan, dan pengawasan anggaran. Terakhir, kami mempertimbangkan kelemahan pengetahuan kami, menyarankan penganggaran partisipatif yang dapat diuji dalam praktik penelitian masa depan. Kata Kunci: Penganggaran Partisipatif, Media Sosial, Partisipasi Masyarakat, Inovatif

Political ‘apptivism’ in the Middle East: The case of iNakba

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 658-673
Author(s):  
Oren Golan ◽  
Noam Tirosh
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Educational Tool ◽  
Ethnographic Fieldwork ◽  
Agents Of Change ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Grassroots Level ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Scholarly Attention

The use of social media in the Arab world has drawn an increasing amount of scholarly attention. Research addressing ‘Arab Spring’ upheavals and Islamic military movements has demonstrated grassroots level and often spontaneous uses of social media platforms. However, little attention has been paid to political apps as an emergent means of communication. Specifically, this study asks how users and developers view the use of political apps within the Israeli–Palestinian context by focusing on iNakba – an app that enables users to navigate Palestinian villages that were destroyed during the 1948 war and its aftermath. Ethnographic fieldwork and qualitative analysis of interviews with iNakba users and developers uncover three key facets of the app: (1) crowd mobilization, (2) educational tool that reanimates the invisible landscape of pre-1948 Palestine, and (3) promoting the Palestinian narrative. The study illuminates the role of political apps as agents of change for identity building and shaping users’ political consciousness.

scholarly journals The role of social media in e-Government: systematic literature review and case of Jordan

2020 ◽  
Vol 338 ◽  
pp. 363-379
Author(s):  
Nemer Aburumman ◽  
Róbert Szilágyi
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
The World ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Main Determinants ◽  
Governmental Institutions ◽  
Use Of Social Media

Social media has become a new revolution in communications and most governments around the world use these platforms as two-way communication between them and the citizens. The Jordanian government started using these platforms early, so this paper came to examine the Jordanian's practice on these platforms. The paper use two way of analysis, the first one was a systematic literature review in the largest two databases (Scopus and Web of Science). After the literature has been analysed and the paper found the best practices for governments around the world, three main determinants were identified for any government to start the use of social media (presence, up to date information and interaction). The most popular Jordanian's social platforms (Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube) have been selected to start the analyses and 52 Jordanian governmental institutions (all the 25 ministries and 27 institutions belong to the prime ministry) have been analysed. After the institutions' websites and their pages or accounts on social media platforms scanned and analysed, most of the institutions have fulfilled the first two criteria (presence) and 77% shows that they have appearances on social media and (up to date information) 67% of the institutions regularly updated their information. But for the last criteria (interaction) we have found that the institutions still need to improve their interactions with the citizens since the results showed only 38% of these institutions have interaction on their pages or accounts on social media.

Social Media for Political Change

2015 ◽  
pp. 55-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamad Alkhouja
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Power Balance ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Online Activism ◽  
Inherent Nature ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Media Firms ◽  
The Impact

This chapter discusses the role of social media in the uprisings of the Arab world. It argues that the seemingly democratizing impact of online activism is not due to the inherent nature of social media as a tool for democracy but rather an outcome of the equilibrium of forces that shaped the use of social media platforms by all three main players. Activists, governments, and social media firms formed a triangle of powers that influenced the use of social media during the Arab movements. In a different context, the outcome of such power balance can arguably inhibit citizens' rights and empower governments. To this end, the chapter first explores the use of social media platforms from the perspective of activists, governments, and social media firms, then presents a framework to understand the impact of all three in shaping the use of social media during the uprisings. The chapter then concludes that the projections of the role of social media on other movements in the world must not be made without understanding the underlying complexities and dynamics of these movements.

Social Media for Political Change

2014 ◽  
pp. 26-36
Author(s):  
Mohamad Alkhouja
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Power Balance ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Online Activism ◽  
Inherent Nature ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Media Firms ◽  
The Impact

This chapter discusses the role of social media in the uprisings of the Arab world. It argues that the seemingly democratizing impact of online activism is not due to the inherent nature of social media as a tool for democracy but rather an outcome of the equilibrium of forces that shaped the use of social media platforms by all three main players. Activists, governments, and social media firms formed a triangle of powers that influenced the use of social media during the Arab movements. In a different context, the outcome of such power balance can arguably inhibit citizens' rights and empower governments. To this end, the chapter first explores the use of social media platforms from the perspective of activists, governments, and social media firms, then presents a framework to understand the impact of all three in shaping the use of social media during the uprisings. The chapter then concludes that the projections of the role of social media on other movements in the world must not be made without understanding the underlying complexities and dynamics of these movements.

Data literacies for the postdemographic social media self

First Monday ◽  
2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony McCosker
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Market Segmentation ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
Continuous Production ◽  
Presentation Of Self ◽  
Social Data ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Media Practices

In a postdemographic world, characterized by the continuous production and calculation of social data in the form of likes, comments, shares, keywords, locations or hashtags, social media platforms are designed with techniques of market segmentation in mind. “Datafication” challenges the agency of participatory social media practices and traditional accounts of the presentation of self in the use of social media. In the process, a tension or paradox arises between the personal, curative or performative character of social media practices and the calculative design and commercial usefulness of platforms and apps. In this paper I interrogate this paradox, and explore the potential role of metrics and analytics for emergent data literacies. By drawing together common self-oriented metrics across dominant platforms, the paper emphasizes analytics targets around a) profile, b) activity, c) interactivity and d) visibility, as a step toward developing new data literacies.

Social Media Use in Teaching and Learning

2021 ◽  
pp. 344-357
Author(s):  
Ugochi Chioma Ekenna ◽  
Leonard Anezi Ezema
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Media Effect ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
Student Privacy ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Use Of Social Media

The COVID-19 outbreak opened a new scenario where social media use for school educational activities became imperative to teach online and to implement a current and innovative educational model. This chapter provides the most relevant information on types of social media, social media effect of COVID-19 on education, educational social networking, student privacy issues and education technology, safety measures for the use of social media in schools, role of social media and its importance in teaching and learning, application of social media platforms to education, numerous opportunities that social media offer to both students and educators, and challenges of social media in education.

scholarly journals Suomalaisten tutkijoiden sosiaalisen median käyttö: sosiaalisen median merkitys työssä, tiedonhankinnassa ja tieteellisen tiedon jakamisessa

2018 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elina Late ◽  
Sanna Kumpulainen ◽  
Sanna Talja ◽  
Lisa Christian ◽  
Carol Tenopir
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Scholarly Communication ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
The Social ◽  
Media Services ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Shed Light

The use of social media in scholarly communication has grown in recent years, and consequently, scholars’ uses of social media has gained importance as a research topic.The aim of this article is to shed light on the role of social media in scholars’ work. The research presents findings from a survey (N=528) conducted in Finland in late 2016. There exists no prior research on the role and uses social media among Finnish scholars. This research specifically focuses on the perceived role of social media in information seeking and sharing. We also study the differences between disciplines, age groups, and positions. Results show that scholars do not perceive social media as being central for their or information seeking and sharing, and that social media services are not replacing traditional publishing forums. Scholars do appreciate the social media services intended and developed for academic use, and find them as having value for their work than general social media services. However, according to our results, social media services have a marginal role in scholars’ information seeking and scholars infrequently share their readings in social media platforms. Some disciplinary differences existed, but there was no connection between scholars’ age or position and the role of social media. Our study shows that the role of social media in academic work and scholarly communication is still rather small. Further research is needed to find out what are the reasons for scholars lack of interest towards social media.

Paths of hybridization among journalism, politics, and public sector communication in Italy

2021 ◽  
pp. 137-153
Author(s):  
Francesca Rizzuto ◽  
Lucia D’Ambrosi ◽  
Gea Ducci ◽  
Alessandro Lovari
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Social Role ◽  
Problematic Relationship ◽  
The Social ◽  
Public Sector Organizations ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Role Of Information

This article argues that in Italy there is a new problematic relationship among journalism, politics, and public sector organizations due to the permanence of some traditional features in the informative context as well as to the success of infotainment logic and to the pervasive use of social media. In the new hybrid digi-tal ecosystem, a redefinition of the social role of information is necessary to un-derstand the perspectives for journalism and public sector communication. Info-tainment and politainment enhance the hybridization of Italian public sector communication formats and styles mainly on social media platforms. This process has consequences on interactions and overplays between information and com-munication areas in public organizations, redefining the evolution of professional roles.

scholarly journals Socially mediated issue ownership

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Linn Sandberg
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Political Parties ◽  
Issue Ownership ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Issue Competition

Abstract Given the growing importance of issue competition and the growing use of social media during elections, this study seeks to create a better understanding of how issue dynamics relating to political parties play out on social media. It tests whether issue ownership theory can explain how parties and issues are being discussed on Twitter and to what extent a mediated form of issue ownership aligns with citizens’ perceptions of issue ownership. The results indicate that perceptions of issue ownership as measured in representative surveys correlate with variations of what issues parties are linked with on Twitter. Some deviations also emerged, which possibly reflect short-term changes in parties’ issue competition. Understanding how issue ownership mediates through social media platforms is important in order to evaluate the role of social media in contemporary opinion forming processes and sheds light on the issue competition among political parties in online fora.

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