scholarly journals EXPLORING NETWORKED IDENTITY AND TRANSNATIONAL MOBILIZATION IN UKRAINE’S EUROMAIDAN PROTEST

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tetyana Lokot ◽  
Olga Boichak
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
The United States ◽  
Semantic Mapping ◽  
Transnational Communities ◽  
Transnational Mobilization ◽  
Tactical Decisions ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Depth Interviews

Social media are a prominent space for diasporic mobilization and activism, opening new avenues for studying transnational communities living outside of their countries of origin. This study uses a hybrid methodological approach to consider how Ukrainians living in the United States engaged with homeland politics during the 2013-2014 Euromaidan protest and how their use of social media intervened in their transnational protest politics. This study contributes to the broader scholarship on studying transnational mediated protest participation by examining a case of diasporic mobilization of the Ukrainian community in the United States. Triangulating semantic mapping data from online diasporic communities on Facebook with in-depth interviews, we show how diaspora members engaged in the protest despite distance and how their activity and tactical decisions were mediated by social networks. We specifically examine how diasporic personal networks and networked technologies enmesh into a set of hybrid networked practices, circumscribing how Ukrainian Americans interpret political engagement and how they strategically use the affordances of social media for protest participation.

How journalists use social media in France and the United States: Analyzing technology use across journalistic fields

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (8) ◽  
pp. 2728-2744 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Powers ◽  
Sandra Vera-Zambrano
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
Daily Practice ◽  
The United States ◽  
News Organizations ◽  
American Journalism ◽  
Routine Tasks ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Depth Interviews

This article examines journalists’ use of social media in France and the United States. Through in-depth interviews, we show that shared practical sensibilities lead journalists in both countries to use social media to accomplish routine tasks (e.g. gather information, monitor sources, and develop story ideas). At the same time, we argue that the incorporation of social media into daily practice also creates opportunities for journalists to garner peer recognition and that these opportunities vary according to the distinctive national fields in which journalists are embedded. Where American journalism incentivizes individual journalists to orient social media use toward audiences, French journalism motivates news organizations to use social media for these purposes, while leaving individual journalists to focus primarily on engaging with their peers. We position these findings in relation to debates on the uses of technologies across national settings.

Impact of General Social Media Experience on Usefulness for Business in the Workplace

2014 ◽  
pp. 14-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald L. Amoroso ◽  
Tsuneki Mukahi ◽  
Mikako Ogawa
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Strong Predictor ◽  
The United States ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Collective Knowledge ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Media Experience ◽  
Behavioral Intention To Use ◽  
Media Applications

This chapter looks at the adoption of general social media applications on usefulness for business, comparing the factors that influence adoption at work between Japan and the United States. In Japan, ease of use and usefulness for collective knowledge in general social media are predictors of usefulness for business social media, and in the United States, only usefulness for collective knowledge is a strong predictor of usefulness for business. The authors did not find behavioral intention to use social media in the workplace to be an important factor in predicting the usefulness of social media for business. The value of this research is its ability to understand the use of social media in the workplace to include how the experience of social media impacts on the expectation of usefulness for business and how the impact of ease of use differs from Japanese to the United States because of cultural, technological, and market reasons.

#sponsored: Consumer insights on social media influencer marketing

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-194
Author(s):  
Savannah Lee Coco ◽  
Stine Eckert
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Social Exchange ◽  
Relationship Management ◽  
The United States ◽  
Consumer Perceptions ◽  
Management Theory ◽  
Purchasing Decisions ◽  
Relationship Management Theory ◽  
Depth Interviews

Through in-depth interviews with 15 women in the United States, this pilot study contributes to filling the gap in scholarship on consumer perceptions of sponsored content posted by social media influencers (SMI). We found women may follow social media influencers because of prior topic interests, perceived relatability, and authenticity. Social exchange and relationship management theories do not sufficiently account for purchasing decisions despite negative views of consumers. We argue for a new theory called Influencer-Follower Relationship Management Theory.

scholarly journals Reclaiming the House of the Representatives from Republicans: Case Study of Districts TX-32 and NJ-3

2019 ◽  
pp. 37-54
Author(s):  
Norbert Tomaszewski
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Republican Party ◽  
The United States ◽  
Racially Diverse ◽  
Midterm Elections ◽  
Social Media Tools ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Changing Demographics

2018 midterm elections in the United States allowed more ethnically and racially diverse candidates to become members of the Congress. The use of social media tools helped them to reach out to their community and get out the vote, which is especially important in Democratic campaign tactics. The article, by focusing on Colin Allred's and Andy Kim's Congressional bids, focuses on how their issue-oriented campaigns helped to mobilize the liberal voters. Furthermore, by analysing the rapidly changing demographics, it tackles the crucial question: do they mean the doom of the Republican Party?

The Labor of Building Trust: Traditional and Engagement Discourses for Practicing Journalism in a Digital Age

2020 ◽  
pp. 107769902095485
Author(s):  
Megan L. Zahay ◽  
Kelly Jensen ◽  
Yiping Xia ◽  
Sue Robinson
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Rhetorical Analysis ◽  
The United States ◽  
Trust Building ◽  
News Production ◽  
New Rhetoric ◽  
Building Trust ◽  
Major Shift ◽  
Depth Interviews

This work of rhetorical analysis interrogates the understanding of journalism as a deliberative instrument in democracy. With 42 in-depth interviews and hundreds of pages of text from websites, social media, and trade press articles, we find a major shift occurring in the United States between more traditional reporters and a growing class often calling themselves “engagement specialists.” These engagement-oriented journalists assert a responsibility to relationally engage with citizens in person and online, making space for them in the news production process. These emerging routines of trust-building are informing a new rhetoric around what it means to “do journalism.”

scholarly journals Saudi Female International College Students’ Self-Identities Through the Use of Social Media in the United States

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 629-645
Author(s):  
Tahani Alruwaili ◽  
Heng-Yu Ku
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
College Students ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Media Use ◽  
The United States ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
States Data ◽  
International College ◽  
Use Of Social Media

This study explored 14 Saudi female international college students’ self-identities through social media use while they were studying in the United States. Data was collected by semistructured interviews. In addition, participants were asked to draw pictures that represented how they experience social media use in Saudi Arabia and in the United States as part of the interviews. The findings revealed that many participants indicated they experienced some changes to their identities after coming to the United States. Many of the participants expressed they were more open and more independent after coming to the United States. They felt they could express their identities on social media to a greater degree and enjoyed using it to connect with others. Although most of the participants became more comfortable with interaction and expression on social media in the United States, many of them still retained some measures to ensure their privacy.

scholarly journals A comparative analysis of security issues in the new social media in the US-Israel election campaign

2021 ◽  
pp. 25-41
Author(s):  
Waseem Mansour
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Research Question ◽  
The United States ◽  
Political Campaigns ◽  
Far Right ◽  
Security Issues ◽  
Twitter Account ◽  
Use Of Social Media

This article presents the history of the use of social media in the election campaigns of politicians from the United States and Israel as a modern phenomenon in the current era due to technological changes in the global media. My article answers the research question: is there a difference in the strategy of using Twitter between Netanyahu and Obama, and what is this difference? It should be noted that many articles have dealt with social networks and the political use of social networks, but as far as I know, the topic of comparison and attempt to find differences in political campaigns between two leaders from the United States and Israel has not yet been investigated, and this is the goal of the article, I will focus on presenting data and information examining the allegations appearing in the official Twitter account of former Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu regarding security issues and the Iranian threat expressed in his Twitter tweets, so that he presents himself as “responsible for Israel and its citizens.” So he constantly presents the issue of national security as a winning card against his opponents in order to win the support of the far right electorate in Israel. Compared to the tweets of Obama the first president of the United States who used social media and especially presidential Twitter to win in support of the American electorate in the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections and to win their economic and social contribution.

Impact of General Social Media Experience on Usefulness for Business in the Workplace

2019 ◽  
pp. 1157-1176
Author(s):  
Donald L. Amoroso ◽  
Tsuneki Mukahi ◽  
Mikako Ogawa
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Strong Predictor ◽  
The United States ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Collective Knowledge ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Media Experience ◽  
Behavioral Intention To Use ◽  
Media Applications

This chapter looks at the adoption of general social media applications on usefulness for business, comparing the factors that influence adoption at work between Japan and the United States. In Japan, ease of use and usefulness for collective knowledge in general social media are predictors of usefulness for business social media, and in the United States, only usefulness for collective knowledge is a strong predictor of usefulness for business. The authors did not find behavioral intention to use social media in the workplace to be an important factor in predicting the usefulness of social media for business. The value of this research is its ability to understand the use of social media in the workplace to include how the experience of social media impacts on the expectation of usefulness for business and how the impact of ease of use differs from Japanese to the United States because of cultural, technological, and market reasons.

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