scholarly journals Incivility and disrespectfulness in online political discussion

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 278
Author(s):  
Angga Prawadika Aji ◽  
Ari Sapto
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Online News ◽  
Political Discussion ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
Political News ◽  
Analysis Techniques ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Online News Sites

Reader’s comment columns on online political news pages are locations where political discussions between citizens can emerge and develop. The reader comment column is a standard feature of almost all media sites because of its ability to initiate discussion and promote a particular article or issues within the news site. Unfortunately, in its development, the online comment column’s discussion process is often filled by incivility and disrespectful expressions, such as sentences containing insults, condemnation, or expressions full of anger. Such sentences have the potential to undermine the discussion process and encourage pointless arguments, especially in articles that discuss political polarity. This study aims to determine the extent to which incivility and disrespectful expressions appear in readers’ comments columns of online news sites, especially on polarized political issues. This study uses content analysis techniques on 403 comments in political news on Detik.com, one of Indonesia’s main news portals. The results show that although the incivility expression shows a small number, the form of disrespectful shows a high number in the readers’ comments. The highest form of the expression of disrespectful is the expression tat contains name-calling (23%), followed by hyperbole (15.6%) and the use of sarcasm (6.2%). The high number of disrespectful expressions seems to be related to the comment column service feature that allows users to use anonymous identities.

scholarly journals COVID-19 NEWS AND AUDIENCE AGGRESSIVENESS: ANALYSIS OF NEWS CONTENT AND AUDIENCE REACTION DURING THE STATE OF EMERGENCY IN LATVIA (2020–2021)

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 141-147
Author(s):  
Anda Rozukalne ◽  
Vineta Kleinberga ◽  
Normunds Grūzītis
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Online News ◽  
The State ◽  
State Of Emergency ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Verbal Aggressiveness ◽  
News Content ◽  
Audience Reaction ◽  
Online News Sites

This research focuses on the interrelation between news content on COVID-19 of three largest online news sites in Latvia (delfi.lv, apollo.lv, tvnet.lv) and the audience reaction to the news in the Latvian and Russian channels during the state of emergency. By using a tool for audience behaviour analysis, the Index of the Internet Aggressiveness (IIA), for analysis of audience comments, the study aims to uncover how and whether news about COVID-19 affect the level of audience aggressiveness. The study employs two data collection methods: news content analysis and IIA data analysis, in which ten index peaks are selected in each of the two emergency periods (spring 2020, fall and winter 2020/21). The study data consists of content analysis of 400 news items and analysis of ~80,000 comments, identifying the level of aggressiveness, the number and structure of comment keywords. The results show that the level of public aggressiveness is only partially formed by the attitude towards COVID-19 news: less than half of the most aggressively commented news is devoted to information about COVID-19. An increase in the level of aggressiveness of the audience of online news sites can be observed at the end of 2020 and at the beginning of 2021 when it is higher than over the course of 2020.IIA is an online comment analysis platform, which analyses user-generated comments on news on online news sites according to pre-selected keywords, allowing to grasp the dynamics of commenters’ verbal aggressiveness. In addition, IIA exploits a machine learned classifier to recognize not only potentially aggressive keywords but also to analyse the entire comments. In January 2021, the IIA data set consists of ~24.89 million comments (~611.97 million words) added to ~1.34 million news articles. 

Antecedents of strategic game framing in political news coverage

Journalism ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (8) ◽  
pp. 937-955 ◽  
Author(s):  
Desirée Schmuck ◽  
Raffael Heiss ◽  
Jörg Matthes ◽  
Sven Engesser ◽  
Frank Esser
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
News Coverage ◽  
Online News ◽  
Systematic Research ◽  
Online Environment ◽  
Strategic Game ◽  
News Reporting ◽  
Political News ◽  
Media Type ◽  
Quantitative Content

The use of strategic game framing is predominant in mainstream news reporting of politics. Nevertheless, systematic research on the specific antecedents of strategic game framing – especially in non-electoral periods – is scarce. Against this background, this quantitative content analysis of print, TV and online news investigates the antecedents of strategic game framing in a non-electoral context in two Western European countries – Austria and Switzerland. The study focuses on media type, online versus offline editions, and content-related variables as antecedents of the media’s framing of political news. Findings reveal that the highly competitive online environment, opinionated story types and issues focusing on the functioning of democracy fuel the use of the strategic game frame in political news coverage in non-electoral times. Furthermore, the results indicate that content-related predictors moderate the influence of media-related antecedents such as newspaper type. Implications of these findings are discussed.

Online News Consumption in the United States and Ideological Extremism

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth M. Winneg ◽  
Daniel M. Butler ◽  
Saar Golde ◽  
Darwin W. Miller ◽  
Norman H. Nie
Keyword(s):  
Political Communication ◽  
Television News ◽  
The United States ◽  
Online News ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
Political News ◽  
News Sources ◽  
Internet News ◽  
Political Views ◽  
Using Data

In an earlier study, the authors found evidence that supported a framework predicting that consumers of Internet news sources held more extreme political views and were interested in more diverse political issues than those who solely consume mainstream television news using data covering the period April 2000 to June 2007. In this essay, they test whether the same patterns hold using data from the 2008 National Annenberg Election Survey online panel conducted during the 2008 presidential election cycle. The authors combine insights from theories of selective media exposure from political communication and social psychology with economic theories of differentiated products markets to develop a theoretical framework for understanding how the Internet continues to impact the U.S. political news market. The driving force behind this framework is the dramatically lower cost of production for Internet news sources relative to traditional television news.

scholarly journals Political Discussions on Social Media in Pakistan and Obstinate Partisanship

2021 ◽  
Vol VI (I) ◽  
pp. 121-131
Author(s):  
Ifra Iftikhar ◽  
Irem Sultana ◽  
Malik Adnan
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Interactions ◽  
Political Party ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Political Discussion ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
Political News ◽  
Social Media Networks ◽  
Gender Education ◽  
Political Talk

With the rise of social media over the last two decades, people have become more polarized and rigid in their views. Social interactions on social media networks are affecting political behaviors and making people obstinate partisans. The term obstinate partisanship was coined by Ardevol-Abreu and Gil de Zuniga (2020) and referred to the blind, unconditional loyalty to a certain political party. The purpose of this study is to examine the prevalence of obstinate partisanship in Pakistani media users who are active consumers of political news and regularly engage in political discussions. This study seeks to investigate how significantly various factors impact obstinate partisanship. The factors studied are media use habits, affiliation with a political party, sociodemographic characteristics including age, gender, education, income, area of residence, and political discussion attributes. The survey data collected from the four major cities of Pakistan and their neighboring rural areas were used. The data revealed that the individuals who engage in political talk online and disagreements during discussions over political issues are more likely to remain unconditionally supportive of party policy and action regardless of their adequacy, the effectiveness of the policy and party performance and this disposition seems to increase with age.

Online News Consumption in the United States and Ideological Extremism

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth M. Winneg ◽  
Daniel M. Butler ◽  
Saar Golde ◽  
Darwin W. Miller ◽  
Norman H. Nie
Keyword(s):  
Political Communication ◽  
Television News ◽  
The United States ◽  
Online News ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
Political News ◽  
News Sources ◽  
Internet News ◽  
Political Views ◽  
Using Data

In an earlier study, the authors found evidence that supported a framework predicting that consumers of Internet news sources held more extreme political views and were interested in more diverse political issues than those who solely consume mainstream television news using data covering the period April 2000 to June 2007. In this essay, they test whether the same patterns hold using data from the 2008 National Annenberg Election Survey online panel conducted during the 2008 presidential election cycle. The authors combine insights from theories of selective media exposure from political communication and social psychology with economic theories of differentiated products markets to develop a theoretical framework for understanding how the Internet continues to impact the U.S. political news market. The driving force behind this framework is the dramatically lower cost of production for Internet news sources relative to traditional television news.

scholarly journals Analisis Rasio Biaya Langsung dan Biaya Tidak Langsung Operasional Perguruan Tinggi X

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 239
Author(s):  
Renea Shinta Aminda ◽  
Indu Purnahayu ◽  
Heni Taryani
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Indirect Costs ◽  
Direct Costs ◽  
State Universities ◽  
Analysis Techniques ◽  
Operational Costs ◽  
Work Units ◽  
Almost All

Higher education operational costs have a standard reference set in the standard unit of higher education operational costs, so it is hoped that there will be conformity and optimality and operational allocation of State Universities, therefore the purpose of this research is to analyze and examine in depth the ratio of direct and indirect costs. higher education operations, which use data from 2017 and 2018 because they meet the requirements for using the SSBOPT reference, using descriptive analysis techniques, content analysis and descriptive analysis. Sekaran & Bougie (2010) say content analysis is used to systematically analyze and identify information obtained from recorded interviews, advertisements, websites, and the like, then a description of the explanatory analysis obtained by the results of research in 2017, the amount of direct costs is 79, 24% while the indirect costs were 20.76%, then in 2018 the amount of direct costs was 71.86% while indirect costs were 28.14%. However, if the analysis is carried out one by one on the work unit, almost all work units, both faculties and departments, make expenditures that are not in accordance with the SSBOPT regulations, it is clearly stated in SSBOPT that the indirect costs of operating education are 50% of the direct costs of operating education. However, after adding spending data from the Directorate of Human Resources in the form of spending data on accounts 51 and 54 which are direct educational operational costs in general for institutions, the ratio of direct costs to indirect costs is in accordance with SSBOPT

scholarly journals The conversation on political issues on Twitter: an analysis of the participation and frames in the debate on the 'Wert law' and evictions in Spain

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 311
Author(s):  
Pedro Luis Pérez Díaz ◽  
Celia Berná Sicilia ◽  
Enrique Arroyas Langa
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Education Law ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Debate ◽  
Political Issue ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
Social Agents ◽  
Analysis Techniques ◽  
Mainstream Media ◽  
The Relationship

The aim of this study is to determine which social agents are involved in the political debate on Twitter and whether the interpretive hegemony of actors that have traditionally been the most prominent is tempered by the challenge of framing shared with audiences. The relationship between the interpretations expressed and the profiles of participants is analyzed in comparison with the frames used by mainstream media. The chosen methodology combines content analysis and discourse analysis techniques on a sample of 1,504 relevant tweets posted on two political issues –the approval of the education law LOMCE and the evictions caused by the crisis, which have also been studied in the front pages of four leading newspapers in Spain. The results show a correlation between political issue singularities, frames and the type of discussion depending on the participants.

IMAGE OF THE REPUBLIC OF MORDOVIA IN THE MEDIA VOLGA FEDERAL DISTRICT (BASED ON CONTENT ANALYSIS OF NEWS PUBLICATIONS)

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 44-52
Author(s):  
LARISA ZAITSEVA ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Information Content ◽  
Federal District ◽  
Information Space ◽  
Political News ◽  
Social Sphere ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Number Of Publications

The territorial image is formed both purposefully by the subjects of image-making, and spontaneously-based on the influence of information content published in various media. The purpose of the research is to analyze the image of the Republic of Mordovia in the information space of the Volga Federal district. The image of the territory formed by external target audiences by means of news materials is studied using the method of case study and content analysis of publications: “Volga news”, “Federal Press” news of the PFD, “Pravda PFD”. The authors conclude that modern reality is perceived through the prism of the information field created by mass media. The media creates images filled with certain data, facts, colored by emotions, on the basis of which representations, opinions, judgments, and assessments are subsequently formed. The media play a significant role in shaping the territorial image, especially for external target audiences who are not familiar with the region and do not have their own assessment knowledge and experience. Most of the information content about the Republic in the studied media is related to the main thematic blocks: politics, economy, social sphere, culture (art, sports). Moreover, if in the publications “Volga news” and “Pravda PFD” mention of the region prevails in the economic block, then in the publications “Federal Press” and “Nezavisimaya Gazeta” - in the political one. The Volga news publication significantly dominates the rest in terms of the number of publications about Mordovia. The content of publications is mostly positive and neutral related to the issues of economic development of the territory and the preparation and holding of the world football championship. Pravda PFD mentions the Republic in the context of news from neighboring territories, most of the publications date back to 2018, but here the context is related to the Republic's positions among the regions of the PFD in various ratings. The publication “Federal-Press” forms a generally reflective image of the territory, focusing on the negative aspects of regional life. “Nezavisimaya Gazeta”, giving priority to political news, maintains a neutral and reflective context of publications, paying attention to the key problems of the territory. Thus, the desired image of the region is counter-dictated to the image broadcast by the media through various information channels, so it is necessary to constantly monitor the information space and timely correction of the broadcast materials.

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