Is Web 2.0 Providing a Voice for Outsiders? A Comparison of Personal Web Site and Social Media Use by Candidates at the 2010 UK General Election

Has social media changed voter participation in presidential campaigns? Prior research has found that advances in social media has resulted in candidates focusing more on the “ground war” and less on mass media. Nevertheless candidates could be doing more to incorporate the Internet into their campaigns. This is particularly true when using social media in a manner that could allow interaction between the candidate and supporters. Candidates had been structuring social media use in a manner that gave an illusion of interaction. This has recently changed as a result of the success of Republican nominee Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential primaries. This success had been in part because of his strong social media presence which has led to other candidates changing their social media use. This chapter explores the change in social media use in presidential elections and its impact on voter turnout.

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Gnarly Freelancers: Professional Skateboarders’ Labor and Social-Media Use in the Neoliberal Economy

Journal of Sport and Social Issues ◽

10.1177/0193723520958349 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 019372352095834

Author(s):

L. Dugan Nichols

Keyword(s):

Data Mining ◽

Social Media ◽

Web 2.0 ◽

Working Conditions ◽

Career Advancement ◽

Media Use ◽

Social Media Use ◽

Academic Literature ◽

Digital Devices

The working conditions of professional skateboarders are rarely investigated in academic literature or traditional skate media (e.g., Thrasher Magazine). This article contextualizes skateboarding labor and compares its professionals with other freelance contractors in the precarious neoliberal economy. It also explores the role of social media in skateboarders’ careers; while experiencing data mining and the fetishism of digital devices like any other online user, pro skaters must adopt platforms (e.g., YouTube) for their career advancement, as greater notoriety leads to corporate sponsorships. I outline the multiple hats that skaters wear, such as the sponsored athlete, the walking advertisement, and most importantly the emerging social-media adept. Within this context, the article further details the coercive forces keeping skaters amenable to sponsoring companies and industry insiders, such as the pejorative label of “kook.” Finally, I explain a contradiction that the profusion of Web 2.0 use has led to slight but not proportional coverage of skaters’ working conditions.

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Social media and Fiji’s 2018 national election

Pacific Journalism Review – Te Koakoa ◽

10.24135/pjr.v25i1and2.476 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 25 (1&2) ◽

pp. 52-64 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Jope Tarai

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Political Parties ◽

Media Use ◽

National Election ◽

General Election ◽

Social Media Use ◽

National Elections ◽

Digital Ethnography ◽

Political Campaigning ◽

Use Of Social Media

Political campaigning on social media in Fiji was first witnessed in the 2014 national election. In the Fiji 2018 general election, social media political campaigning had evolved with greater complexity and a wider variety of implications. This research examines and highlights the use of social media by political parties and candidates in the 2018 national elections. This examination provides comparative social media discussions between the two elections; 2014 and 2018. The research uses digital ethnography as a methodology to examine and highlight social media use, by political parties and candidates in Fiji’s 2018 national elections. The research found that FijiFirst, as the ruling government, had significant advantage in Fiji’s social media landscape. However, opposition social media efforts and growing Facebook ‘reactions’ were beginning to challenge FijiFirst’s social media dominance.

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Presidential Elections Web 2.0

Advances in Public Policy and Administration - Advanced Methodologies and Technologies in Government and Society ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-7661-7.ch021 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 244-253

Author(s):

Ramona Sue McNeal ◽

Lisa Dotterweich Bryan

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Mass Media ◽

Web 2.0 ◽

Voter Turnout ◽

Presidential Elections ◽

Media Use ◽

The Internet ◽

Donald Trump ◽

Social Media Use ◽

Social Media Presence

Has social media changed voter participation in presidential campaigns? Prior research has found that advances in social media has resulted in candidates focusing more on the “ground war” and less on mass media. Nevertheless, candidates could be doing more to incorporate the internet into their campaigns. This is particularly true when using social media in a manner that could allow interaction between the candidate and supporters. Candidates had been structuring social media use in a manner that gave an illusion of interaction. This has recently changed as a result of the success of Republican nominee Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential primaries. This success had been in part because of his strong social media presence which has led to other candidates changing their social media use. This chapter explores the change in social media use in presidential elections and its impact on voter turnout.

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