scholarly journals Netizens Anonymity in Indonesia’s Digital Democracy: Political Participation in Social Media According to the Online Disinhibition Effect Theory

PCD Journal ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 185
Author(s):  
Pulung S Perbawani ◽  
Rahayu Rahayu ◽  
Irham Nur Anshari
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Political Participation ◽  
Comprehensive Understanding ◽  
Digital Democracy ◽  
Disinhibition Effect ◽  
Effect Theory ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Pros And Cons ◽  
Online Disinhibition ◽  
Online Political Participation

The growth of social media in Indonesia has contributed to the increasing number of online political participation by the public. This phenomenon has brought forward the discussion regarding the pros and cons of online political participation, related to the participants’ identity. The lack of traceability regarding the participants’ identity has posed some questions, some of which are the accountability and legitimacy of opinions that are found on online political discussions.This research seeks to achieve comprehensive understanding on anonymity in political participation. By applying the theory of online disinhibition effect, this research attempts to explain the dynamic of anonymity, its implication towards political participation in social media, and to examine the consequences of anonymity towards the quality of digital democracy. Through survey, focus group discussions, and in depth interviews, this research address to achieve a comprehensive understanding towards the issues. The research findings show that the varied degrees of anonymity employed by citizens affect their social media usage and political participation. In addition, anonymity can be understood as the citizens’ coping mechanism from various possible consequences, such as legal and social retribution for both personal and professional context.

scholarly journals The Role of Agents of Political Socialization in the Use of Social Media

2021 ◽  
Vol 74 ◽  
pp. 48-74
Author(s):  
Savas TOKSOZ
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Political Participation ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Political Socialization ◽  
Traditional Media ◽  
Political News ◽  
The Family ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Use Of Social Media

This study aims to reveal the role of the agents of political socialization in the use of social media as a tool for receiving political news and political participation. The research findings suggest that there is a positive relationship between the use of social media as a tool for receiving political news and the agents of political socialization, namely, the family, friend groups, school, and traditional media. Similarly, a statistically significant relationship has been found between the use of social media as a tool for political participation and family, friend groups, school, and traditional media.

‘Coherent clusters’ or ‘fuzzy zones’ – Understanding attention and structure in online political participation

First Monday ◽  
2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anders Olof Larsson
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Political Participation ◽  
Political Communication ◽  
Comparative Approach ◽  
Political Elites ◽  
Political Actors ◽  
Time Points ◽  
Constant Flux ◽  
Online Political Participation

Social media and their uses are in an almost constant flux, and the need for comparative approaches — across platforms and time points — appears as urgent. The study at hand presents a dual comparative approach looking into political communication as undertaken on social media. Presenting data from Twitter and Instagram use during the 2013 and 2017 Norwegian elections, the study traces developmental tendencies and suggests terminology with which to assess the ways that these activities are undertaken on the studied platforms. Results indicate that while Twitter and Instagram activity was rather differently fashioned in terms of structure and attention in 2013, these activities had grown more similar — focused on political elites rather than a broader range of users — in 2017. As such, the study argues for a normalized view of online political participation, wherein professionalized political actors appear to increasingly orchestrate the studied activities.

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 Incidental News Exposure on Social Media: A Campaign Communication Mediation Approach

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 205630511984361 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masahiro Yamamoto ◽  
Alyssa C. Morey
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Political Participation ◽  
Presidential Election ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Political Information ◽  
The Political ◽  
Us Presidential Election ◽  
Campaign Communication ◽  
Online Political Participation

This study, derived from campaign communication mediation models, examines how incidental news exposure on social media affects political participation. Analysis of two-wave panel data collected before the 2016 US presidential election shows that incidental news exposure on social media is associated with increases in offline and online political participation (1) through online political information seeking and (2) through online political information seeking and online political expression in serial. Interestingly, results show that incidental news exposure on social media also has a direct negative relationship with offline and online political participation. Implications for the political utility of social media are discussed.

scholarly journals Organizational use of Social Media and its impacts on Politics: Evidence from Pakistan

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saif Ur Rahman ◽  
Zhao Shurong
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Public Relations ◽  
Political Participation ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Impression Management ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Public Sector Organization ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Online Political Participation

<p>Past studies have focused on organizational use of social media (SM) for service delivery, publicity and public relations, but, how can a public sector organization influence the country’s politics through the use of SM is unknown in literature. Drawing on the theory of Organizational Impression Management (IM) and the concept of authoritarian legacies, this study investigates that how a public sector security organization (Pakistani military) linked with country’s authoritarian past can use the Social Media Activists (SMAs) to influence citizen’s political participation. A random sampling (n=407) technique was used while conducting the survey. Structural equation modelling was used to test the hypothesis, which demonstrate that the SM user’s connectedness with the military aligned SMAs is significant and positively associates with their voting realignments and online political participation. The results also indicate that the offline political participation compliments online political participation and political disposition positively relates with online political participation. Our study introduces a new conceptual construct of SMAs aligned with authoritarian legacies and test it empirically. The study adds new prospects for the use of organizational IM theory in relation to the digital media, politics and authoritarianism. </p>

scholarly journals Organizational use of Social Media and its impacts on Politics: Evidence from Pakistan

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saif Ur Rahman ◽  
Zhao Shurong
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Public Relations ◽  
Political Participation ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Impression Management ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Public Sector Organization ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Online Political Participation

<p>Past studies have focused on organizational use of social media (SM) for service delivery, publicity and public relations, but, how can a public sector organization influence the country’s politics through the use of SM is unknown in literature. Drawing on the theory of Organizational Impression Management (IM) and the concept of authoritarian legacies, this study investigates that how a public sector security organization (Pakistani military) linked with country’s authoritarian past can use the Social Media Activists (SMAs) to influence citizen’s political participation. A random sampling (n=407) technique was used while conducting the survey. Structural equation modelling was used to test the hypothesis, which demonstrate that the SM user’s connectedness with the military aligned SMAs is significant and positively associates with their voting realignments and online political participation. The results also indicate that the offline political participation compliments online political participation and political disposition positively relates with online political participation. Our study introduces a new conceptual construct of SMAs aligned with authoritarian legacies and test it empirically. The study adds new prospects for the use of organizational IM theory in relation to the digital media, politics and authoritarianism. </p>

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