scholarly journals Individualized and Depoliticized: A Study of Chinese Blogosphere in Singapore

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-45
Author(s):  
Carol Soon ◽  
Jui Liang Sim
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
New Media ◽  
Political Participation ◽  
English Language ◽  
Chinese Language ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Blogs ◽  
Official Discourse ◽  
Public Debates ◽  
Public Scrutiny

Research on new media such as blogs examines users’ motivations and gratifications, and how individuals and organizations use them for political participation. In Singapore, political blogs have attracted much public scrutiny due to the bloggers’ online and offline challenges of official discourse. While previous research has established the political significance of these blogs, extant scholarship is limited to blogs written in the English language. Little is known about blogs maintained by the Chinese community, the largest ethnic group in multi-racial Singapore. This study is a first to examine this community and the space they inhabit online. Through web crawling, we identified 201 Chinese-language blogs and through content analysis, we analyzed if Chinese bloggers contributed to public debates and used their blogs for civic engagement. Their content, motivations for blogging in the language, hyperlinking practices and use of badges indicated that Chinese bloggers in Singapore do not use blogs for political participation and mobilization, but are individualized and a-politicized. We discuss possible reasons and implications in this paper.

Blogging as Digital Citizen Participation

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Fortunat Miarintsoa Andrianimanana ◽  
Carles Roca-Cuberes
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Political Participation ◽  
International Relations ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Blogs ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
Thematic Content Analysis ◽  
Thematic Content

Abstract This article analyses the political blogging of the Malagasy diaspora as part of their transnational political participation. It focuses on three aspects of the blogs: the most frequent topics addressed, how are the topics addressed, and the political bloggers. To do this, a Thematic Content Analysis based on four categories (‘soapboxes’, ‘transmission belts’, ‘conversation starters’ and ‘mobilisers’) of four of their most active and influential political blogs was conducted. The analysis revealed that (i) the blogs are mostly “soapboxes” that consist of commenting the political issues in Madagascar, (ii) their contents were mostly focused on the coup d’ état in 2009, and (iii) the bloggers are involved in direct political participation in parallel offline. This paper shows the role of the studied blogs as tribunes of opinions that gather a partisan audience discussing the Malagasy political issues, and as judgment tools contributing to the braking or fuelling of Madagascar’s international relations.

Public Response to Online Public Debate in the 2020 Regional Head Election of Ponorogo Regency

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1340-1350
Author(s):  
Alifa Chandra Kumara ◽  
Dian Suluh Kusuma Dewi
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Political Participation ◽  
Public Debate ◽  
The Political ◽  
Mass Gathering ◽  
Public Response ◽  
Analysis Techniques ◽  
Public Debates ◽  
Cross Tabulation

This year, regional head elections were held in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic so that social media can be used as a means of online campaigns to reduce mass gathering. This research was conducted to see the response of the Ponorogo community in participating in online public debates and to assess people's political participation by analyzing public comments on public debate shows on YouTube and Facebook. The data is processed using the Nvivo12 plus application by using cross tabulation data analysis techniques with manual coding then the results of the data obtained are described and analyzed in accordance with the theory of response and political participation. The data obtained on Facebook and YouTube were 772 responses with details of 357 responses on Facebook and 415 responses on YouTube. The responses given are in the form of positive, negative, and neutral responses. The process of obtaining data on public response is in accordance with the S-O-R response theory (Stimulus, Organism, Response) and the stage of response formation, as well as the political participation of the Ponorogo community is high enough to see the debate shows but the level of activeness in giving responses is less active.

The politics of musical activism: Western YouTube reception of Pussy Riot’s punk performances

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 287-306
Author(s):  
Frank Weij ◽  
Pauwke Berkers
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Political Participation ◽  
Semantic Network ◽  
The Political ◽  
Semantic Network Analysis ◽  
Political Music ◽  
Music And Politics ◽  
Pussy Riot ◽  
The One ◽  
The Relationship

Various scholars have studied the relationship between music and politics. Most, however, focus on how governments and political parties on the one hand and movements and activists on the other use music for political outcomes and in doing so they often ignore the more latent forms of political participation music can lead to. This article, therefore, focuses on how people give meaning to political music in informal conversational settings by exploring the reception of Pussy Riot on YouTube. New media platforms like YouTube are ubiquitous in the West and as ‘third spaces’ they allow audiences to publicly reflect on everyday newsworthy events and activism. We combine the computerized methods of topic modelling and semantic network analysis to study both quantitatively and qualitatively how Pussy Riot’s punk protests afford political participation by (Western) YouTube users. Results show that the comments mostly address (1) the geopolitical boundaries of activism, (2) the legitimacy and commitment of the activists, (3) the political content of the protests and (4) the relationship between the protests and religion. For the YouTube users in our study, the political music of Pussy Riot thereby serves as a vehicle to discuss politics beyond the protests themselves.

Social Media, Nigerian Youths and Political Participation

2020 ◽  
pp. 753-771
Author(s):  
Nwachukwu Andrew Egbunike
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Political Participation ◽  
Research Method ◽  
The Political ◽  
Theoretical Base ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Research ◽  
Research Themes ◽  
Global North

This article is a study of the influence of social media on political participation of youths in Nigeria through a review of the methodology, research themes and theoretical trends. The research method was a content analysis of forty-four relevant empirical articles. Findings showed that the predominant themes were political participation, social media and ethnicity. Most of the reviewed studies employed surveys, desktop research or critical review of literature as their research method. Most reviewed studies either adopted quantitative or qualitative research method and without a theoretical framework. It was evident that many studies in the global north did not link political participation to ethnicity, unlike those that were carried out in Nigeria. In addition, there were few studies on the influence of social media on the political participation of youths. Consequently, research in this area has to contextualize the Nigerian experience, adopt a triangulation of quantitative and qualitative research methods with a strong theoretical base.

scholarly journals Value foundations of marginal political practices of youth

2021 ◽  
Vol 94 ◽  
pp. 03017
Author(s):  
Olesya Blinova ◽  
Yuliya Gorbunova
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Public Opinion ◽  
Young People ◽  
Political Participation ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Opinion Leaders ◽  
The Political ◽  
Traditional Values ◽  
Political Sphere

Today's youth, being a keyactor in the use of digital technologies, prefers digital participation in the political sphere of society. The main practices used by young people in their online participation are marginal. The marginality of the political practices of youth is revealed in their hybridity, which manifests itself in the binary of normativity - abnormality, norm - deviation, etc. Using the trend-watching method in the course of the research made it possible to identify the nonlinear and virulent nature of the marginal practices of youth, which makes it difficult to predict their impact, that, according to the authors, actualizes the need to identify the value foundations of their application. Content analysis of young people (18-30 years old) accounts in social networks, Instagram and Youtube channels of public opinion leaders revealed such value foundations of marginal political practices of young people as: patriotism, solidarity, non-violence, participation and independence.The nature of the identified axiological foundations made it possible to draw a conclusion about the transition from the traditional values of political participation of young people to the values of self-expression, the acquisition and implementation of civic subjectivity.

scholarly journals Young People’s Political Participation in Malaysia During the 1998 Reformasi Era

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Norhafiza Mohd Hed
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Young People ◽  
New Media ◽  
Political Participation ◽  
Socioeconomic Factors ◽  
Turning Point ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Political Engagement ◽  
Regional Trend

This article examines the dynamics of young people’s political participation in Malaysia during the 1998 Reformasi era by focusing its analyses on the patterns of participation and the impacts of the 1998 Reformasi and the 1999 general election on young people’s political engagement.  By using content analysis of secondary data, the findings show that the 1998 Reformasi marked as a turning point that changed political engagement of young people from politically indifferent or disconnected generation to politically engaged citizens, whether in the forms of conventional politics (i.e. voting) or unconventional politics (i.e. protest activism and social movements) whilst failed to replace the existing ruling regime.  This change was closely related to the regional trend, socioeconomic factors and the new media.

scholarly journals The Influence of Political Messages in New Media to Political Awareness and Its Impact on the Political Participation of Millennial Generation

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 128-139
Author(s):  
Nur Kholisoh ◽  
Elly Yuliawati ◽  
Nurfa Rachma Suci ◽  
Tri Suharman
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
New Media ◽  
Political Participation ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Millennial Generation ◽  
Communication Theory ◽  
The Political ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Political Awareness ◽  
Political Messages

Today many political parties use new media, the internet, as their political communication channel.  For young people, the internet serves as a dominant public space. Since young voters as millennial generation have great potential to increase votes, many political parties convey their political messages through new media used by millennial generation. This research is intended to see and study the influence of political messages in new media on political awareness and its impact on political participants of millennial generation. This research uses Stimulus Organism Response (S-O-R) theory as main theory, McQuail’s mass communication theory, and theory or concept of political awareness, political participation and new media as well as millennial generation. This research uses quantitative approaches with a survey and questionnaire method as a means of collecting data. The millennial generation referred to in this research is younger generation aged between 17 and 37 years and lives in the Special Capital Province of Jakarta (DKI Jakarta). Based on the recapitulation of final voter lists for the 2018 general election, the number of voters aged between 17 and 37 years reaches about 2,885,000. The technique of determining the sample size uses Slovin’s formula, with the margin of error reaching 5% so that the number of samples is 400. Meanwhile, the technique of sampling uses proportional sampling and data analysis technique uses path analysis. The results of the research show that political messages in new media have direct and indirect influences on the political participation of millennial generation.  

scholarly journals SEARCH FOR A NEW MODEL OF POLITICAL PARTICIPATION IN THE REGIONS: UNITED RUSSIA PRIMARIES AND POLITICAL PROCESSES IN EUROPE

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (53) ◽  
pp. 87-92
Author(s):  
A. A. Slinko ◽  
◽  
 E. O. Dyakina ◽  
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Political Participation ◽  
Political System ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Electronic Voting ◽  
The Political ◽  
Neoliberal Globalization ◽  
New Model ◽  
Political Processes ◽  
Teachers And Students

Subject. The article analyzes the experience of the preliminary voting of the United Russia party in the context of the problems of strengthening the party-political system of the state. Topic. The search for a new model of political participation in the regions: the primaries of United Russia and political processes in Europe. Purposes. To analyze the experience of the preliminary voting of the United Russia party in the context of the problems of strengthening the party-political system both in the regions of the Russian Federation and in the states of Europe. Methodology. Complex systems approach, classical institutional method, neoinstitutional approach, elements of critical theory and poststructuralism, political and cultural method. Results. The primaries of United Russia are a step towards the consolidation of the party and political system, an important act that allows improving the personnel composition of the current government structures, as well as supporting all healthy political forces in the country. The importance of new media in shaping the party agenda, as well as the significant role of electronic voting in the digital age in the context of the emergence of influential political networks, is emphasized. Russia is moving away from the crisis electoral models that exist in the West in the conditions of stagnation of neoliberal globalization, and is forming its own vector of strengthening the political participation of voters in real political processes. Scope of application. The results of the research can be applied by specialists in the field of regional policy and political management, regional and world economy, teachers and students of higher educational institutions. Conclusions. The testing of the model of political participation of citizens during the preliminary voting in May — June 2021 has shown its effectiveness and can play a constructive role in the political processes in the regions and in Russia as a whole. Keywords: Political participation, primaries, electronic voting, populism, new electoral models.

The Chinese-Language Press in Australia: A Preliminary Scoping Study

2011 ◽  
Vol 138 (1) ◽  
pp. 137-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wanning Sun ◽  
Jia Gao ◽  
Audrey Yue ◽  
John Sinclair
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Soft Power ◽  
English Language ◽  
Print Media ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Chinese Language ◽  
Blind Spot ◽  
Economic Life ◽  
Business Strategies ◽  
Chinese Community

Despite clear evidence pointing to the centrality of the Chinese press in the historical formation of the Chinese community, and despite the continued importance of the Chinese-language press in the current political, cultural, social and economic life of the Chinese community, there is little understanding of its history and recent growth in mainstream English-language media scholarship. Worse still, the shift in recent scholarship to the power of cyberspace and other forms of new media in assisting the formations of diasporic subjectivities runs the risk of giving the impression that the print media are no longer relevant. Our article aims to address this blind spot by mapping out the contours of change and continuity within the Chinese-language press in Australia. In the first part, we provide a brief historical account of the Chinese migrant communities in Australia, and the role of the press in their formation. We argue that this symbiotic relationship is crucial to understanding the development of the early Chinese-language print media in Australia, which was a less than hospitable society for the Chinese migrants. We then trace the development and evolution of the Chinese-language print media in a range of areas, including the Chinese-language media's current modus operandi, business strategies, cultural practices and ideological positioning, within the context of China's rise and the widening impact of China's promotion of soft power. We conclude by identifying some future directions in the research on the Chinese-language media in Australia, thus contributing to our understanding of some of the opportunities and challenges present in the (re)shaping of Australia's multicultural policies and politics.

Searching Online for Methods of Suicide

Crisis ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Christian Ulrich Eriksen ◽  
Flemming Konradsen ◽  
Thilde Vildekilde
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
English Language ◽  
Significant Proportion ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
Online Content ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Search Terms ◽  
Methods Of Suicide

Abstract. Background: Information on methods of suicide is available online, and access to information on methods of suicide appears to contribute to a small but significant proportion of suicides. There is limited documentation of how methods of suicide are being profiled, as well as what content exists in other languages than English. Aim: We aimed to analyze and compare how methods of suicide are profiled on Danish and English-language websites. Method: We applied a categorization and content analysis of websites describing methods of suicide. Sites were retrieved by applying widely used Danish and English-language search terms. Results: A total of 136 English-language websites and 106 Danish-language websites were included for analysis. Websites were more often categorized as prevention or support sites, academic or policy sites, and against suicide sites than dedicated suicide sites (i.e., pro-suicide sites), or information sites. However, information on methods of suicide was available, and 20.1% and 8.9% of the English and Danish-language sites, respectively, suggested that a particular method of suicide was quick, easy, painless, or certain to result in death. Limitations: Only one author coded and analyzed all websites. A further operationalization of the content analysis checklist is warranted to increase reliability. Conclusion: The websites primarily had a prevention or anti-suicide focus, but information on methods of suicide was available, requiring an increased focus on how to diminish the negative effects of harmful online content.

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