scholarly journals Standing still or ascending in the social media political participation ladder? Evidence from Iran

2020 ◽  
Vol 53 ◽  
pp. 13-39
Author(s):  
Daniella Da Silva Nogueira ◽  
Maria Papageorgiou
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Political Participation ◽  
The Social

scholarly journals The social media political participation model: A goal systems theory perspective

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 135-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johannes Knoll ◽  
Jörg Matthes ◽  
Raffael Heiss
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Political Participation ◽  
Systems Theory ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Psychological Processes ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
The Social ◽  
Goal Systems ◽  
Use Of Social Media

Although studies suggest that the use of social media can promote political participation (PP), there is a lack of theorizing about the psychological processes underlying this relationship. This article attempts to fill this gap by suggesting a social media political participation model. Taking a goal systemic perspective, the model specifies a set of interrelated processes that need to be realized so that social media use affects PP. Furthermore, key contingent conditions are outlined and insights into fostering PP are offered. The article explains ways of testing the model with surveys and experiments. Implications for future research are discussed.

scholarly journals Cibermisoginia en las redes sociodigitales: claves para el análisis desde la masculinidad = Cybermisogyny in the social media: keys to the analysis from the concept of masculinity

2019 ◽  
pp. 51
Author(s):  
Claudia Pedraza Bucio
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Political Participation ◽  
Hate Speech ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Gender Violence ◽  
Gendered Spaces ◽  
Participation Of Women ◽  
The Social ◽  
Digital Environments ◽  
Las Mujeres

<p><strong>Resumen</strong><strong></strong></p><p>El objetivo de este ensayo es presentar algunas claves para el análisis de la cibermisoginia en las redes sociodigitales como un mecanismo de demostración de la masculinidad, de normalización de la violencia de género y de inhibición de la participación política de las mujeres en la discusión pública. Esta práctica se define como la generación de discursos de odio que sustentan la violencia, discriminación y desigualdad contra las mujeres a través de burlas, insultos o amenazas en los entornos digitales. El problema se aborda desde el planteamiento de las redes sociodigitales como espacios generizados, donde la participación de las mujeres se entiende como una transgresión al orden de género que se deben normar a través de estos discursos, legitimados por la masculinidad.</p><p><strong>Abstract </strong></p><p><strong></strong>The purpose of this essay is to present some keys for the analysis of cybermysogyny in the socio media as a mechanism of constitution of masculinity, normalization of gender violence, and inhibition of women's political participation in public discussion. This practices is defined as the generation of hate speech that reproduces violence, discrimination and inequality against women through jokes, insults or threats in digital environments. The problem is analyzed from the approach of digital technologies as gendered spaces, where the participation of women is understood as a transgression to gender order that should be regulated through hate speech legitimized by masculinity.</p>

Perceptual processes and political participation: Do the presumed reach and the presumed influence of social media affect political activities via Facebook and Twitter?

2018 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 451-467 ◽  
Author(s):  
Uli Bernhard ◽  
Marco Dohle
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Political Participation ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Environment ◽  
Political Communication ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Online Communication ◽  
Political Activities ◽  
The Social ◽  
Circle Of Friends

Abstract The perception that many other people are being reached and affected by political communication can be a reason for intensifying one’s own communication activities. An online survey among German citizens (n = 2,957) was carried out to determine whether this is also true for political communication activities via social media. Results show that the presumed reach and the presumed influence of Facebook and Twitter with regard to the individual’s circle of friends/acquaintances affect the intensity of online communication. However, perceptions concerning the population in general are not relevant. This indicates that individuals primarily address their own social environment with their political social networking practices. Thus, by concentrating on perceptual processes, the findings contribute to shedding light on the causes and motives for political communication activities in the social media world.

Contested Publics: Racist Rants, Bystander Action and Social Media Acts of Citizenship

2014 ◽  
Vol 151 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony McCosker ◽  
Amelia Johns
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Political Participation ◽  
Cultural Citizenship ◽  
Digital Citizenship ◽  
Digital Inclusion ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Dynamic ◽  
Productive Potential ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Evolving Context

While social media tools enable new kinds of creativity, cultural expression and forms of public, civic and political participation, we often hear more about the harms that arise from instances of trolling and ‘aberrant’ online participation, including racist provocation. In media and communications research, these issues have been framed in a number of ways, usually focusing on new tools for civic engagement, political participation and digital inclusion. Government policy has been shifting steadily towards potential regulation of social media ‘misuse’ in relation to appropriate forms of ‘digital citizenship’. It is in this evolving context that we consider several instances of cultural or nationalistic provocation and conflict in which social media platforms (YouTube and Facebook in particular) have been central to the social dynamic that has unfolded. We examine the recording and uploading of racist rants and associated bystander actions on public transport in Australia and elsewhere around the world. In this article, we contend that while racism remains an issue in uses of social media platforms such as YouTube, this focus often overshadows these platforms' productive potential, including their capacity to support agonistic publics from which productive expressions of cultural citizenship and solidarity might emerge.

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 Modern Political Participation Online vs Offline: New Opportunities — Previous Activity?

2020 ◽  
pp. 18-35
Author(s):  
D. I. Kaminchenko
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Political Participation ◽  
Main Channel ◽  
Political Leader ◽  
Willingness To Participate ◽  
Significant Events ◽  
The Social ◽  
Media Space ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
The Impact

The paper is devoted to the study of the features of political participation in the modern information society. In the context of the rapid digitalization of the political space, the analysis of existing and emerging forms of political participation is of particular relevance.The aim of the paper is to study the impact of an individual’s internal attitudes on his/her willingness to participate in socially significant events, both online and offline. The influence of internal attitudes of individuals is considered in the paper through the prism of two factors: the perception of social media as the main channel for the expression of civic interests (perception factor) and people’s attitude to the idea of the possibility of a single political leader appearing in social media space (leadership factor).Poll among students was chosen as the main applied research method, since students are an active users of modern social media.The poll results show that almost half of active users of social media are ready to participate in social processes both online and offline. In addition, the vast majority of respondents perceive the Internet platforms of modern social media as the main channel and mechanism for expressing civic activity. The poll results also showed that half of active users deny the possibility of a single political leader appearing in the social media space (although there is a large proportion of those who, on the contrary, agree with this idea — more than a third of all respondents). Cross-analysis of the poll data confirmed the assumption indicated in the work, according to which the individuals perception of social media as a communicative channel effective for the purpose of civic participation, contributes to their readiness to participate in socially significant events online. At the same time, the study of the impact of the leadership factor on individuals’ readiness for various forms of political participation did not form an unambiguous opinion on the nature of this impact and requires further study. This study demonstrates that activity in social media does not contribute to the socio-political passivity of their users.

scholarly journals Emergent digital activism: The generational/technological connection

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernando Adolfo Mora
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Interaction ◽  
Political Participation ◽  
Political Activism ◽  
Digital Systems ◽  
Digital Activism ◽  
Social Agents ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
The Social

In this article three interacting categories for the understanding of emergent digital activism are reviewed: tools that enable the participation, people as social agents, and contexts of social or political participation. Since in many of the most recent cases of digital activism the main actors have been young activists, the paper attempts to present how some of these new cohorts make use of technology mediated tools for social interaction, crowd engagement and participation, through a networked and apparently leaderless social and political activism. By analyzing the interaction between the existing tools and the generational characteristics of the social actors in particular situations we show the role that digital systems and new social media play in certain situations.Con el fin de comprender el activismo digital, en este artículo se exploran tres categorías que se entrelazan: las herramientas que facilitan los procesos de participación, las personas como agentes sociales que intervienen y los contextos de participación social y política. Dado que en los casos más recientes de activismo digital los principales actores pertenecen a cohortes juveniles, el artículo intenta presentar algunas ideas de cómo esos activistas hacen uso de las herramientas tecnológicas para la participación social, la ccoperación y la inteligencia de las multitudes, mediante un activismo en red aparentemente sin liderazgos notorios. Se hace el análisis de la interacción entre las herramientas tecnológicas y las características generacionales en tres casos particulares para ilustrar el papel que los sistemas digitales y los nuevo smedios sociales juegan en ciertas situaciones.

scholarly journals Antecedents of intentional and incidental exposure modes on social media and consequences for political participation: a panel study

Acta Politica ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas Nanz ◽  
Raffael Heiss ◽  
Jörg Matthes
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Political Participation ◽  
Panel Study ◽  
Political Information ◽  
The Social ◽  
Incidental Exposure ◽  
Antecedents And Consequences ◽  
Intentional Mode ◽  
Austrian Population ◽  
High Effort

AbstractThis study investigates antecedents and consequences of incidental and intentional exposure behavior to political information on social media. Based on the Social Media Political Participation Model (SMPPM), we investigated how political and non-political motivations predict intentional and incidental exposure modes while accounting for moderators (i.e., personal curation skills and the frequency of social media political exposure). We also examined how intentional and incidental exposure modes affect low- and high-effort political participation. We rely on data from a two-wave panel survey based on representative quotas for the Austrian population (N = 559) to run autoregressive models. Political information motivation predicted the intentional mode, and this relationship was stronger with rising levels of curation skills. By contrast, entertainment and social interaction motivations increased individuals’ incidental exposure mode. The intentional mode led to low-effort political participation but not to high-effort participation. However, the incidental mode was unrelated to both low- and high-effort participation.

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