Politics 2.0 with Facebook

2014 ◽  
pp. 179-189
Author(s):  
Chirag Shah
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Political Process ◽  
Social Network Sites ◽  
Research Work ◽  
News Story ◽  
Comprehensive Overview ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
Social Sphere ◽  
The Social ◽  
Political Agents

Analyzing publicly available content on various social media sites such as YouTube and Twitter, as well as social network sites such as Facebook, has become an increasingly popular method for studying socio-political issues. Such public-contributed content, primarily available as comments, let people express their opinions and sentiments on a given topic, news story, or post, while allowing social and political scientists to extend their analysis of a political discourse to the social sphere. This new age political process, which involves political agents reaching out to their audiences through social media and common folks using social media to express their opinions and sentiments, are here referred to as “Politics 2.0.” Recognizing the importance of Facebook in studying Politics 2.0, the chapter provides a comprehensive overview of the research work in social and political science domains that use Facebook as a tool for analyzing various socio-political issues. Several popular approaches for collecting and analyzing data from Facebook are provided, and their applications to understanding public opinion and sentiment around various issues of interest are discussed. The chapter also introduces a couple of handy tools that could help the researchers and practitioners gather and analyze a large amount of Facebook data easily and effectively. The chapter concludes with a discussion on opportunities and challenges for understanding Politics 2.0 with Facebook.

ISIS Propaganda

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Political Violence ◽  
International Security ◽  
Comprehensive Overview ◽  
Full Spectrum ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
The Social ◽  
One Stop ◽  
Stop Point

ISIS Propaganda offers a comprehensive overview and analysis of the Islamic State’s (IS) propaganda. Combining a range of different theoretical perspectives from across the social sciences and using rigorous methods, the authors pursue several interconnected tasks. They trace the origins of IS’s message, they lay bare the strategic logic guiding its evolution, they examine each of its many components (magazines, videos, music, social media, etc.) and show how they work together to radicalize audiences’ worldviews, and they highlight the challenges such a “full-spectrum propaganda” raises in terms of counterterrorism. The volume hence not only represents a one-stop point for any analyst of IS and Salafi-jihadism, but also a rich contribution to the study of text and visual propaganda, radicalization and political violence, and international security.

scholarly journals Youth perspective on social media discourse on “Lazy Nigerian Youths” conversations

INFORMASI ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-122
Author(s):  
Nkiru Comfort Ezeh ◽  
Augustine Godwin Mboso
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Political Communication ◽  
Freedom Of Expression ◽  
Media Discourse ◽  
Focus Group Discussions ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
The Social ◽  
Youth Perspective

The Social Media has emerged as a new platform for discourses. It has no doubt provided people with easier and faster accessibility to information and has become an outlet for them to share their views on socio-political issues. It has also been observed that negative and hate comments seem to dominate on social networks used for social and political communication. Anchored on Public Sphere Theory, focus group discussions were conducted with undergraduate youths in South-east Nigeria examined on the issue of President Mohammadu Buhari’s referring to Nigerian youths as lazy, while speaking at the Commonwealth Business Forum in Westminster on 18th April 2018. This article, therefore, explored the opinions advanced in the discourse based on the principles of freedom of expression and responsibility. The study suggests that while Twitter platform was more objective in the discussion of the issue of the day because it allows the use of filters to ensure that contents posted on the platform adhere strictly to rules and fair usage; Facebook and Whatsapp trailed with abuses and hate comments. The study recommended that owners of blogs and media houses who now post their contents on the social media should coordinate comments on such platforms and continue developing mechanisms that work to regulate the quality of posted content.

When Our Changing Society Meets the Social Media Era

2014 ◽  
pp. 1102-1112
Author(s):  
Efi A. Nisiforou ◽  
Andrew Laghos
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
Social Network Sites ◽  
International Literature ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
The Social ◽  
Media Services ◽  
Media Research ◽  
Social Media Research

The rapid growth and the popularity of Social Network Sites (SNSs) are increasingly attracting the attention of millions of students for many different purposes. The chapter reviews the background of the current social media research in relation to the international literature and tackles the most important findings. The practical part of the chapter outlines the results of a survey on social media services. The findings provide real research evidence on online social technology use amongst university students. The chapter has educational and theoretical significance and shapes future directions for research on this issue. A compendium of terms, definitions, and explanations of concepts is clearly explained.

scholarly journals Emotion shapes the diffusion of moralized content in social networks

2017 ◽  
Vol 114 (28) ◽  
pp. 7313-7318 ◽  
Author(s):  
William J. Brady ◽  
Julian A. Wills ◽  
John T. Jost ◽  
Joshua A. Tucker ◽  
Jay J. Van Bavel
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Online Social Networks ◽  
Political Debate ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
Emotional Words ◽  
Social Media Networks ◽  
Political Ideas ◽  
The Social ◽  
Network Methods

Political debate concerning moralized issues is increasingly common in online social networks. However, moral psychology has yet to incorporate the study of social networks to investigate processes by which some moral ideas spread more rapidly or broadly than others. Here, we show that the expression of moral emotion is key for the spread of moral and political ideas in online social networks, a process we call “moral contagion.” Using a large sample of social media communications about three polarizing moral/political issues (n = 563,312), we observed that the presence of moral-emotional words in messages increased their diffusion by a factor of 20% for each additional word. Furthermore, we found that moral contagion was bounded by group membership; moral-emotional language increased diffusion more strongly within liberal and conservative networks, and less between them. Our results highlight the importance of emotion in the social transmission of moral ideas and also demonstrate the utility of social network methods for studying morality. These findings offer insights into how people are exposed to moral and political ideas through social networks, thus expanding models of social influence and group polarization as people become increasingly immersed in social media networks.

scholarly journals Social Media as a Contemporary Communication Tool Between a City and its Users – a Theoretical Approach

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 41-56
Author(s):  
Michał Sędkowski
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Theoretical Approach ◽  
Public Domain ◽  
Communication Tool ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
The Public ◽  
Social Sphere ◽  
The Social ◽  
Interactive Nature

Social media have become a standard in contemporary communication. That is especially true for business which jumped at the opportunity to con­nect with current and prospective customers allowing them to integrate with their favourite brands and products even further. This trend, however, seems to be absent in the public domain. Local authorities notice social media but attempt to use it in a one-to-many format, which is incompatible with the interactive nature of the new medium. Cities can strongly benefit from an active presence in the social sphere as it opens new paths to co-governance and better communication.

Social Media Content Analysis

2021 ◽  
pp. 156-174
Author(s):  
D. Sudaroli Vijayakumar ◽  
Senbagavalli M. ◽  
Jesudas Thangaraju ◽  
Sathiyamoorthi V.
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Media Content ◽  
Media Content Analysis ◽  
Comprehensive Overview ◽  
Case Examples ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Right ◽  
Audio Video ◽  
Suitable Case

Today's wealth and value are data. Data, used sensibly, are making wonders to make wise decisions for individuals, corporates, etc. The era of spending time with an individual to understand them better is gone. Individual's interests, requirements are identified easily by observing the activities an individual performs in social media. Social media, started as a tool for interaction, has grown as a platform to make and promote business. Social media content is unavoidable as the data that are going to be dealt with is huge in volume, variety, and velocity. The demand for using machine learning in analysing social media content is increasing at a faster pace in identifying influencers, demands of individuals. However, the real complexity lies in making the data from social media suitable for analysis. The type of data from social media content may be audio, video, image. The chapter attempts to give a comprehensive overview of the various pre-processing methods involved in dealing the social media content and the usage of right algorithms at the right time with suitable case examples.

The integration of social media into corporate processes

2016 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 239-259 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edit Bányai
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Marketing Strategy ◽  
Current Literature ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Additional Research ◽  
Social Media Marketing ◽  
Marketing Communication ◽  
Comprehensive Overview ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
The Social

The primary aim of this paper is to give a comprehensive overview of social media marketing solutions which can be used by companies. Many authors and researchers dealing with specialised subjects examine certain areas of this topic — and, in particular, with the influence of the social media on marketing communication. An overview of current literature and practical solutions enabled us to create a framework usable in the corporate sphere for creating a social media marketing strategy and for measuring the efficiency of social media activity. The framework helps companies to identify which social media solutions are worth taking advantage of to support their business processes, how they are able to measure the effectiveness of social media and it also provides a basis for the identification of additional research directions.

scholarly journals Global cities, creative industries and their representation on social media: A micro-data analysis of Twitter data on the fashion industry

2020 ◽  
Vol 52 (6) ◽  
pp. 1195-1220 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrizia Casadei ◽  
Neil Lee
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Creative Industries ◽  
Fashion Industry ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
The Social ◽  
Media Platform ◽  
Using Data

The creative and cultural industries form an important part of many urban economies, and the fashion industries are one of the exemplar creative industries. Because fashion is based on intangibles such as branding and reputation, it tends to have a two-way relationship with cities: urban areas market themselves through their fashion industry, while the fashion industry draws heavily on the representation of place. In this paper we investigate this interlinked relationship between the fashion industry and place in four of the major cities of global fashion – London, New York, Milan and Paris – using data from the social media platform Twitter. To do this, we draw upon a variety of computer-aided text analysis techniques – including cluster, correspondence and specificity analyses – to examine almost 100,000 tweets collected during the Spring–Summer fashion weeks of February and March 2018. We find considerable diversity in how these cities are represented. Milan and Paris are seen in terms of national fashion houses, artisanal production and traditional institutions such as galleries and exhibitions. New York is focused on media and entertainment, independent designers and a ‘buzzy’ social life. London is portrayed in the most diverse ways, with events, shopping, education, social movements, political issues and the royal family all prominent. In each case, the historical legacy and built environment form important parts of the city’s image. However, there is considerable diversity in representation. We argue that social media allow a more democratic view of the way cities are represented than other methodologies.

scholarly journals ‘DISTURBING POTENTIAL’: MILITARY OPERATIONS IN SOCIAL MEDIA DOMAIN

Politeja ◽  
1970 ◽  
Vol 14 (5 (50)) ◽  
pp. 167-191
Author(s):  
Marcin SZYMAŃSKI
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Initial Section ◽  
Military Operations ◽  
Disturbing Potential ◽  
Social Sphere ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Potential Risks ◽  
Basic Characteristics ◽  
The Military

‘DISTURBING POTENTIAL’: MILITARY OPERATIONS IN SOCIAL MEDIA DOMAIN The author of the article pursues several vignettes drafted in the course of the military and academic discussions, related to the social media. Initial section of the publication is dedicated to the social sphere of the human nature. The reasons and motives inspiring people to create networks are investigated. The subsequent part provides a description of currently available social media platforms. The tools, their utility and basic characteristics are examined. Such summary is used as a framework to build few conclusions on the potential risks and opportunities, offered by virtual networks for the security community. Findings are consequently confronted with existing doctrines. Some structural assumptions are drafted within this section, in order to provide a conceptual point of reference for further research. The author than continues with selected case studies of the social media military application. The article is concluded by a few reflections encapsulating the role of non-kinetic, social media embedded warfare in the contemporary conflicts.

scholarly journals Social Media Behavioral Intelligence using Feature Extraction

2021 ◽  
pp. 01-06
Author(s):  
Panchal Mayuriben ◽  
Dr. Priyanka Sharma ◽  
Jatin Patel
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Feature Extraction ◽  
Political Parties ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Behavioral Pattern ◽  
The Political ◽  
The Social ◽  
Recent Trends ◽  
Bayes Algorithm ◽  
Using Data

Analysis of the behavioral pattern of a people using data of the social media became a trend in last couple of years. Among this popular network, Twitter, Facebook and the Instagram become more and more popular and that’s why these platforms attract the lots of researchers to predict the sentiment regarding major events like election, product brand, movie, stock market and recent trends are some of them. By identifying the attitude associated with the text in terms of positive, negative or the neutral we are able to analyze the opinion behind the content generated by the user and this opinions about the sentiment are very helpful to for the organization or the political parties or among other entities. The task of sentiment analysis is conducted using identifying the polarity associated with the word or document or we can say sentence. This paper consists research work which is designed to improve the accuracy of the model by improving the Naïve Bayes algorithm and I also worked to improve the 3-gram method during my research

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