Building a typology of young people’s conventional and online political participation: A randomized mobile phone survey in Hong Kong, China

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 126-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
King-wa Fu ◽  
Paul W. C. Wong ◽  
Y. W. Law ◽  
Paul S. F. Yip
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Political Participation ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Phone Survey ◽  
Online Political Participation

Cross-Cutting Discussion on Social Media and Online Political Participation: A Cross-National Examination of Information Seeking and Social Accountability Explanations

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 205630512110356
Author(s):  
Michael Chan ◽  
Hsuan-Ting Chen ◽  
Francis L. F. Lee
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Political Participation ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Social Accountability ◽  
National Examination ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Online Political Participation

The question of whether cross-cutting discussion engenders or depresses political participation has offered mixed findings in the literature. Following recommendations from a meta-analysis, this study tests two competing arguments: the information seeking explanation for engendering participation and the social accountability explanation for attenuating participation. Probability surveys were conducted among young adults in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and China, and analyses examined the relationship between cross-cutting discussion on social media and online political participation. For the Taiwan and Hong Kong samples, political information seeking positively mediated the relationship, but desire to avoid social conflict also attenuated the relationship. Neither mechanism was significant for the China sample. The findings suggest that the competing explanations are not mutually exclusive, and they highlight the importance of examining the variety of contingent conditions that influence the relationship between cross-cutting discussion and political participation in different national contexts.

scholarly journals Increasing Cigarette Excise Tax Prevents Smoking Initiation in Children and Finances National Health Insurance in Indonesia

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayu Tyas Purnamasari ◽  
Pujiyanto Pujiyanto ◽  
Hasbullah Thabrany ◽  
Renny Nurhasana ◽  
Aryana Satrya ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Insurance ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
National Health Insurance ◽  
National Health ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Smoking Initiation ◽  
Sampling Interval ◽  
Systematic Random Sampling ◽  
Excise Tax ◽  
Phone Survey

AbstractIndonesia has ranked third among countries with the highest number of smokers in Asia because the price of cigarettes in those countries is still affordable. The strategy to make the price of cigarettes is not affordable is increasing cigarette excise tax. This instrument is considered the most effective way to control cigarette consumption. The purpose of this study was to find out how the public perceive the increase of the cigarette excise tax to cover the National Health Insurance (NHI) deficit and to identify the factors which affect such perception. This study used mobile phone survey and the sample were 1000 respondents. The list of potential respondent’s mobile phone numbers was selected using the systematic random sampling method with an interval of 100,000 to 200,000. The result showed that 87.9% respondents agree to increase cigarette price so that the children do not start to smoke. The majority of respondents (86.2%) also agree to increase the price of cigarettes to finance the JKN deficit. Perceptions of respondents who agreed to increase the price of cigarettes to prevent smoking initiation in children also tended to accede the increase in cigarette prices for financing the JKN deficit.  Abstrak Indonesia menempati peringkat ketika jumlah perokok tertinggi di Asia karena harga rokok masih terjangkau. Strategi agar harga rokok tidak terjangkau adalah menaikkan cukai rokok. Instrumen tersebut dinilai paling efektif untuk mengendalikan konsumsi rokok. Tujuan penelitian adalah untuk mengetahui bagaimana persepsi masyarakat terhadap kenaikan cukai rokok untuk pembiayaan Jaminan Kesehatan Nasional (JKN) dan mengidentifikasi faktor yang memengaruhi persepsi tersebut. Metode penelitian menggunakan survei melalui telepon dengan sampel 1000 responden. Daftar nomor telepon seluler calon responden dipilih dengan cara systematic random sampling interval 100.000 sampai 200.000. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa 87,9% setuju harga rokok dinaikkan agar anak-anak tidak mulai merokok. Mayoritas responden (86,2%) juga setuju mengenai kenaikan harga rokok untuk pembiayaan defisit JKN. Persepsi responden yang setuju terhadap kenaikan harga rokok agar mencegah inisisasi merokok pada anak-anak juga cenderung setuju terhadap kenaikan harga rokok untuk pembiayaan defisit JKN. 

The Demobilizing Potential of Conflict for Web and Mobile Political Participation

2019 ◽  
pp. 1342-1361
Author(s):  
Francis Dalisay ◽  
Matthew J. Kushin ◽  
Masahiro Yamamoto
Keyword(s):  
Political Participation ◽  
Presidential Election ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Political Efficacy ◽  
Negative Association ◽  
Political Interest ◽  
Political Expression ◽  
Negative Link ◽  
The U.S ◽  
Online Political Participation

In this chapter, we expand the idea that conflict avoidance (CA) inhibits online political participation. We specifically propose that CA has a direct negative link with traditional online political participation and online political expression, and an indirect negative link with these two forms of participation when mediated by political interest and internal political efficacy. We test our propositions through analyzing data from a survey of young adult college students residing in a battleground state in the U.S. Midwest conducted during the weeks prior to the 2012 U.S. presidential election. Our results showed that CA has a direct negative association with both traditional online political participation and online political expression. CA also has a negative relationship with political interest and internal political efficacy, which in turn, are positively linked with traditional online political participation and online political expression. We discussed implications.

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