Guns in the Ballot Box

2000 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 355-378 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARK R. JOSLYN ◽  
DONALD P. HAIDER-MARKEL
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Direct Democracy ◽  
Information Environment ◽  
Ballot Initiative ◽  
Competing Interests ◽  
Behavioral Dynamics

This article examines the extent to which a change in the information environment affected opinion of a recent gun safety ballot initiative in Washington. Through content analysis of newspaper stories and documentation of expenditures of competing interests, the authors are able to detect a discernable shift in the information environment during the final weeks of the campaign. Support for the initiative dropped appreciably concurrent with this shift. The authors are able to show that the altered information context (a) generated the greatest change among the most politically aware respondents and (b) sustained this effect within specific partisan classifications. Although previous research investigates analogous behavioral dynamics in a variety of political settings, this analysis differs in application to ballot initiative campaigns. The authors discuss the implications of their findings in terms of direct democracy campaigns and conclude that influence of competing interests are central to the nature and outcome of the election.

scholarly journals Trust in the European Union: Effects of the information environment

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Brosius ◽  
Erika J van Elsas ◽  
Claes H de Vreese
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
News Media ◽  
Information Environment ◽  
Direct Effects ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Media

Over the past decade, the European Union has lost the trust of many citizens. This article investigates whether and how media information, in particular visibility and tonality, impact trust in the European Union among citizens. Combining content analysis and Eurobarometer survey data from 10 countries between 2004 and 2015, we study both direct and moderating media effects. Media tone and visibility have limited direct effects on trust in the European Union, but they moderate the relation between trust in national institutions and trust in the European Union. This relation is amplified when the European Union is more visible in the media and when media tone is more positive towards the European Union, whereas it is dampened when media tone is more negative. The findings highlight the role of news media in the crisis of trust in the European Union.

How Are Competitive Framing Environments Transformed by Person-to-Person Communication? An Integrated Social Transmission, Content Analysis, and Eye Movement Monitoring Approach

2020 ◽  
pp. 009365022090359
Author(s):  
Jason C. Coronel ◽  
Jared M. Ott ◽  
Austin Hubner ◽  
Matthew D. Sweitzer ◽  
Samuel Lerner
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Eye Movement ◽  
Framing Effects ◽  
Information Environment ◽  
Social Transmission ◽  
Message Length ◽  
Competitive Environments ◽  
Single Frame ◽  
Movement Monitoring

Person-to-person communication is ubiquitous in everyday life, yet the literature on framing has not examined how the content and number of frames change when transmitted across individuals. In Study 1, we use the serial reproduction paradigm to examine how person-to-person communication and message length influence the number of frames in the information environment. In Study 2, we use eye movement monitoring to examine whether individuals direct greater attention to pro- or counter-attitudinal frames in a competitive framing environment. We find that the process of retelling frames from person to person can transform an environment containing multiple competing frames into an environment with a single frame. This is important given work showing that framing effects in competitive environments are more likely to cancel out. Furthermore, message length and prior attitudes play important roles in determining whether individuals direct attention to, remember, and transmit frames.

The Depiction of Drug Use in Television Programming

1974 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 281-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
William J. McEwen ◽  
Gerhard J. Hanneman
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Drug Abuse ◽  
Information Source ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Information Environment ◽  
Prime Time ◽  
Chemical Agent ◽  
Complete Evaluation ◽  
Television Programming ◽  
Information Strategies

Complete evaluation of anti-drug abuse campaigns should examine not only the messages created, but the programming content which makes up the information environment for those receiving these messages. A content analysis of one major information source (prime time TV) indicates that drug-relevant information is being disseminated and should be taken into account in planning information strategies. Commercial appeals promoting chemical agent use and programming which largely neglects abuse potentials suggest cautions for the strategy planner and questions for media programmers.

scholarly journals More than just a game: exploring the gamification mechanics and procedural rhetoric of the Air Miles Loyalty Program community

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian Ray Barcarse
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Community Engagement ◽  
Digital Marketing ◽  
Major Research ◽  
Loyalty Program ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Procedural Rhetoric ◽  
Competing Interests ◽  
Quantitative Content

This major research paper explores the use of gamification mechanics and procedural rhetoric to engage loyalty program communities on social media. In doing so, this study investigates the influences of online communities, the applications of gamification mechanics and procedural rhetoric, as well as the role and agency of consumers. A quantitative content analysis was used to analyze a sample of 10,000 tweets related to the Air Miles Rewards Program. The results showed that gamification mechanics and procedural rhetoric were present in the Twitter conversations. However, they were used differently to achieve various elements of community based on competing interests by authors. Findings from this study contribute to the academic and professional world of communication, and can inform digital marketing and social media strategies for community engagement

scholarly journals Information space of military-political conflicts in Donetsk and Luhansk through the prism of modern Ukrainian cinematography

2020 ◽  
pp. 9-15
Author(s):  
Mikhail Valer'evich Gorbachev ◽  
Egor Aleksandrovich Dibrov
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Political Conflict ◽  
Information Environment ◽  
Information Space ◽  
The Core ◽  
Political Conflicts

This article is dedicated to the analysis of information space of the zone of military-political conflicts in Donetsk and Luhansk. The authors shift away from the traditional models and patterns of its explanation, which relate to examination of databases, their maintenance technologies and application mechanism, information systems, and information needs of the information environment. Structural and content analysis of modern Ukrainian cinematography, which reflects the key components of information space of the zone of military-political conflicts in Donetsk and Luhansk is proposed as an alternative explanatory model. In accordance with the substantiated criteria, the author selected the film footages for further examination. Research methodology is based on the content analysis and intent analysis for interpretation of the content and focus of dialogues of the core storylines. Additional methods include the models of comparative analysis of film plots, narrative analysis of film micro-plots, and ideological assessment of films. As a result of the conducted research, the author determined the mechanisms of binary structuring of information space of the zone of military-political conflicts, as well as techniques and methods used for implementation of these mechanisms. The peculiarities of “distortion” of information space of the zone of military-political conflicts are described. Techniques of the film director that comprise the backbone of strategies for positioning information space of the zone of military-political conflicts in modern Ukrainian cinematography are explored. The author is first to analyze the films of modern Ukrainian cinematography regarding the positioning of information space of the zones of military-political conflict in Donetsk and Luhansk.

Does Process Matter? Direct Democracy and Citizens’ Perceptions of Laws

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 232-237
Author(s):  
Christina Ladam
Keyword(s):  
Direct Democracy ◽  
Negligible Effect ◽  
Policy Outcomes ◽  
Legislative Process ◽  
Ballot Initiative ◽  
Initiative Process ◽  
Series Of Experiments ◽  
Outcome Evaluations ◽  
The Way

AbstractDoes the process used to pass a law affect the way citizens evaluate the outcome? In a series of experiments, I manipulate the way in which a law is passed – ballot initiative or the legislative process – to test the effect of process on citizens’ evaluations of policy outcomes. The results show that people view the ballot initiative process as fairer than the legislative process, but that process has a negligible effect on outcome evaluations.

scholarly journals More than just a game: exploring the gamification mechanics and procedural rhetoric of the Air Miles Loyalty Program community

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian Ray Barcarse
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Community Engagement ◽  
Digital Marketing ◽  
Major Research ◽  
Loyalty Program ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Procedural Rhetoric ◽  
Competing Interests ◽  
Quantitative Content

This major research paper explores the use of gamification mechanics and procedural rhetoric to engage loyalty program communities on social media. In doing so, this study investigates the influences of online communities, the applications of gamification mechanics and procedural rhetoric, as well as the role and agency of consumers. A quantitative content analysis was used to analyze a sample of 10,000 tweets related to the Air Miles Rewards Program. The results showed that gamification mechanics and procedural rhetoric were present in the Twitter conversations. However, they were used differently to achieve various elements of community based on competing interests by authors. Findings from this study contribute to the academic and professional world of communication, and can inform digital marketing and social media strategies for community engagement

Where the wind blows: Five Star Movement’s populism, direct democracy and ideological flexibility

2017 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luca Manucci ◽  
Michi Amsler
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Social Context ◽  
Direct Democracy ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Political ◽  
Large Space ◽  
The Core ◽  
Automated Content Analysis ◽  
Five Star Movement ◽  
Over Time

The paper focusses on the online political discourse of the Five Star Movement (5SM) and its strategic adaptability. The main goal of the analysis is to establish how salient several topics are over time in order to test the party’s ideological flexibility. Indeed, 5SM’s post-ideological approach and its emphasis on direct-democratic tools might constitute a winning formula for other populist parties willing to exploit the crisis of the mainstream parties and representation. The paper, through an automated content analysis, tracks the longitudinal evolution of the salience of the topics addressed by 5SM on the party’s blog. This allows us to establish which topics are at the core of the party’s message and which, on the other hand, have been raised strategically over time. Results show that 5SM’s discourse is very flexible and adaptable: it devotes a large space to the importance of direct democracy while flexibly addressing different topics depending on the political and social context.

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