scholarly journals Appraisal patterns as predictors of emotional expressions and shares on political social networking sites

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Zerback ◽  
Dominique S. Wirz
Keyword(s):  
Social Networking ◽  
Political Communication ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Emotional Reactions ◽  
Appraisal Theory ◽  
Emotional Expressions ◽  
Automated Content Analysis ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Attitudes And Behavior ◽  
Citizens Attitudes

Emotions are considered important drivers of the diffusion of messages on social networking sites. Therefore, emotion-eliciting political communication yields the potential to reach broad audiences and to influence citizens’ attitudes and behavior. In this study, we investigate message characteristics that potentially trigger emotional reactions on part of the users of political social networking pages and test if this fosters the diffusion of political content in the network. Based on appraisal theory, we employ a manual coding scheme to identify appraisal dimensions in political parties’ Facebook posts that should trigger sadness or anger. We subsequently combine the manual codings with information of the users’ reactions to the respective posts, which we gathered using an automated content analysis. More specifically, we determine (1) if posts that include sadness or anger appraisals are associated with the corresponding emotional reactions in the form of emojis and (2) if these posts are shared more often.

scholarly journals Effects Of Social Networking Sites (SNSs) On Hyper Media Computer Mediated Environments (HCMEs)

2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoon C. Cho
Keyword(s):  
Social Networking ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
User Satisfaction ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Social Networking Websites ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
Hyper Media ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Attitudes And Behavior

Social Networking Sites (SNSs) are known as tools to interact and build relationships between users/customers in Hyper Media Computer Mediated Environments (HCMEs). This study explored how social networking sites play a significant role in communication between users. While numerous researchers examined the effectiveness of social networking websites, few studies investigated which factors affected customers attitudes and behavior toward social networking sites. In this paper, the authors investigated what factors affected overall attitudes toward social networking sites and user satisfaction. This study found that users attitudes toward social networking sites significantly affected their e-satisfaction. The findings of the study will contribute to the development of the satisfaction theories by applying them to users attitudes toward social networking systems. Further, the study provides implications and offers suggestions to e-businesses dealing with social networking systems.

Brother or Burden: An Experiment on Reducing Prejudice Toward Syrian Refugees in Turkey

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-219 ◽  
Author(s):  
Egor Lazarev ◽  
Kunaal Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Factorial Design ◽  
Economic Cost ◽  
Interactive Effects ◽  
Survey Experiment ◽  
Syrian Refugees ◽  
Muslim Identity ◽  
Differential Impact ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Attitudes And Behavior ◽  
Citizens Attitudes

Can emphasis on shared religion reduce out-group prejudice? To explore this question, we conducted a survey experiment on the effect of religious primes on Turkish citizens’ attitudes and behavior toward Syrian refugees in Istanbul and Gaziantep. We used a factorial design to compare the independent and interactive effects of primes emphasizing refugees’ Sunni or Muslim identity and a factual statement on the economic cost of the refugees. We find that religious primes increase respondents’ level of donations to a charity supporting Syrian refugees and certain attitudinal measures of support for the refugees. We also uncovered a differential impact among the Sunni and Muslim primes and found that the statement of economic cost removed the pro-refugee effect of religious primes.

scholarly journals Users' Distribution and Behavior in Academic Social Networking Sites

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 49-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Omar Saad Almousa
Keyword(s):  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Usage Patterns ◽  
And Behavior

Academic social networking sites (SNSs) are growing rapidly. Worldwide, academicians use academic SNSs for many reasons regardless of their nation, gender, position, and discipline. In this paper, the authors extend their previous work in exploring the distribution and behavior of a particular academic SNS (academia.edu) on a large scale. The authors classify users into different groups based on their position, discipline, and continent. This study gives a better understanding of usage patterns in academic SNS, especially in the lack of large-scale studies about different classes of users on academic SNSs.

scholarly journals Social Networking Sites, Personalization, and Trust in Government: Empirical Evidence for a Mediation Model

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 205630512091388
Author(s):  
Christopher Starke ◽  
Frank Marcinkowski ◽  
Florian Wintterlin
Keyword(s):  
Social Networking ◽  
Political Communication ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Political Trust ◽  
Political Elite ◽  
Trust In Government ◽  
Mediation Model ◽  
Well Counter ◽  
Personalization Of Politics

Political communication via social media might well counter the eroding political trust. In particular, social networking sites (SNS) enable direct flows of communication between citizens and the political elite, thereby reducing social and political gaps. Based on the concept of personalization of politics, we argue that interactions with politicians on SNS affect trust in government through a two-step process: First, interactions on SNS make citizens evaluate politicians’ characters more favorably. Second, these evaluations serve as cues for the citizens to develop or withdraw trust in government. We test indirect effects using four character traits as mediators: leadership, benevolence, responsiveness, and likeability. A representative online survey ( n = 1117; in Germany) reveals that interactions with politicians on SNS increase the perceived likeability of candidates, and thus also trust in government. However, they do not affect the evaluation of the other traits: leadership, benevolence, and responsiveness.

scholarly journals The Dynamics of Ethnic Conflict in Southern Province Thailand

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 210-221
Author(s):  
Andi Firmansah
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Conflict ◽  
Emotional Reactions ◽  
Southern Province ◽  
Southern Thailand ◽  
History Of ◽  
Thai Government ◽  
Local Residents ◽  
The Government ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Attitudes And Behavior

This paper explains how the ethnic conflict process that occurred in the Southern Province of Thailand to the process of resolving conflicts between the Government of Thailand and local residents in the Southern Province of Thailand. The conflict is based on the history of the Southern Thailand region between the Thai Government and the Malay Muslim population. Then, it caused conflicting attitudes and behaviors in responding to this conflict from each of the warring parties. This paper uses the concept of the conflict triangle from Johan Galtung where this conflict comes from perceptions based on historical differences, then followed by differences in conflicting behavior from each party and differences in interests. Then, using the concept of the source of conflict from Bernard Meyer, the source of the conflict that comes from historical differences so that it affects how to communicate, emotional reactions, values ??and structures owned. Then, using the concept of the stage of conflict resolution from Johan Galtung, this conflict is at the peacekeeping level where Malaysia is the mediator between the two warring parties. In resolving conflicts, both parties need to change attitudes and behavior in transforming different interests.

scholarly journals Affiliation or Power: What Motivates Behavior on Social Networking Sites? And Role of Self-Consciousness on Behavior on Social Networking Sites

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Satabdee Das
Keyword(s):  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Implicit Measures ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Weak Evidence ◽  
Affiliation Motive ◽  
Power Motive ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
The Relationship

The present study investigated the relationship between explicit and implicit measures of affiliation, power, and achievement motives and behavior as related to social networking sites (SNS) in a sample of 40 participants. SNS appear to be designed to enable social connection via the Internet, so the potential for influence of the affiliation motive seemed self- evident. Additionally, we hypothesized that the power motive drives certain aspects of SNS behavior such that individuals with a high power motive have a larger number of friends and upload more pictures. The results of regression analyses showed that the explicit affiliation motive and the explicit power motive were related to different outcome of SNS activity. Specifically, the explicit power motive predicted number of friends and number of uploaded pictures, whereas time spent on SNS per day was predicted by the explicit affiliation motive. Only weak evidence was found for an influence of implicit motives on SNS activity.

Social Media and Alcohol Use

2016 ◽  
pp. 437-456
Author(s):  
Gulzar H. Shah ◽  
Moya L. Alfonso ◽  
Nina Jolani
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Deleterious Effect ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Differential Association ◽  
And Behavior

The use of Social Networking Sites (SNSs) has become an integral part of daily life, particularly for adolescents. The chapter examines the negative impact of social networking sites and how they may expose alcohol-related consumption and behavior to young adults, especially college students. In particular, the focus is on the use of two specific social networking sites, Facebook and Twitter, and their association with alcohol use. The review of existing literature reveals that the depiction of alcohol use on social networking sites has a deleterious effect on alcohol use through the creation of positive social norms toward use and abuse. Further, the chapter looks at the Theory of Differential Association to explain the use of SNS as a pivot to increased alcohol use by adolescents and young adults.

scholarly journals Visual Gender Stereotyping in Campaign Communication: Evidence on Female and Male Candidate Imagery in 28 Countries

2021 ◽  
pp. 009365022110233
Author(s):  
Marc Jungblut ◽  
Mario Haim
Keyword(s):  
Social Networking ◽  
Political Communication ◽  
Gender Stereotypes ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
News Coverage ◽  
Gender Stereotyping ◽  
Political Candidates ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Female Candidates ◽  
European Election

Using the case of the 2019 European election, the study compares the visual self-depiction of female and male political candidates from all European Union’s 28 member states on social networking sites and their depiction in the news coverage. It thereby investigates to what degree the news coverage and politicians’ self-depiction employs visual gender stereotypes. Moreover, the study presents results on differences in the depiction of male and female candidates across party lines. With the help of computational vision, we demonstrate that, while differences between progressive and conservative candidates are scarce, there are clear differences in the depiction of female and male politicians. These differences resemble emotional gender stereotypes, especially since women are more often depicted as happy. Overall, the study demonstrates that female political communication is still distinct from male political communication for both their self-representation as well as the media’s portrayal of political candidates.

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