ONLINE POLITICAL PARTICIPATION, COLLECTIVE ACTION EVENTS, AND MEANINGFUL CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT: SOCIAL MEDIA USE DURING MASS PROTESTS

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 70 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
Political Participation ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Citizen Engagement ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
Online Political Participation

scholarly journals A Survey on Online Political Participation, Social Capital, and Well-Being in Social Media Users—Based on the Second Phase of the Third (2019) TCS Taiwan Communication Survey Database

2022 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fangqi Zhong ◽  
Pengpeng Li ◽  
Jinchao Xi
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Political Participation ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
Online Political Participation

This study focused on the frequency of social media use. Through investigating and verifying the correlations between social media use frequency, online political participation, and social capital, we derived two models of socialization that affect citizen well-being and, accordingly, proposed strategic suggestions for democratic society construction and network management. This study drew upon the 2019 Taiwan Communication Survey database and used structural equation modeling (SEM) as a statistical method to explore the causal relationship between these four variables (social media use, online political participation, social capital and well-being). The data analysis yielded an overall good fit with the overall fit indicators: χ2 = 214.417, df = 84, p = 2.293, RMSEA = 0.028, GFI = 0.998, CFI = 0.986, SRMR = 0.066, and CN = 993.411. Future communication scholars who wish to explore issues related to new media users can draw on this model for subsequent research.

scholarly journals The social media political participation model: A goal systems theory perspective

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 135-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johannes Knoll ◽  
Jörg Matthes ◽  
Raffael Heiss
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Political Participation ◽  
Systems Theory ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Psychological Processes ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
The Social ◽  
Goal Systems ◽  
Use Of Social Media

Although studies suggest that the use of social media can promote political participation (PP), there is a lack of theorizing about the psychological processes underlying this relationship. This article attempts to fill this gap by suggesting a social media political participation model. Taking a goal systemic perspective, the model specifies a set of interrelated processes that need to be realized so that social media use affects PP. Furthermore, key contingent conditions are outlined and insights into fostering PP are offered. The article explains ways of testing the model with surveys and experiments. Implications for future research are discussed.

Depolarization through social media use: Evidence from dual identifiers in Hong Kong

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (8) ◽  
pp. 1339-1358 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tetsuro Kobayashi
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Political Participation ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Social Identities ◽  
The Political ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
Dual Identities ◽  
Use Of Social Media

Despite the concern that partisan selectivity in the political use of social media leads to mass polarization, the empirical evidence is mixed at best. Given the possibility that these inconclusive findings are attributable to moderators in the process that have not been adequately studied, this article elaborates the roles played by different forms of social identities. By analyzing three datasets collected in Hong Kong, where Chinese and Hong Kongese identities are constructed in a nonmutually exclusive way, this study demonstrates that (1) partisan selectivity in media use is reliably detected among those with single Hong Kongese identity, but not among those with dual identities of Hong Kongese and Chinese, (2) the political use of social media polarizes the attitudes and affects of single identifiers, whereas it has depolarizing effects on dual identifiers, and (3) these contrasting effects on polarization between single and dual identifiers have downstream consequences for political participation.

scholarly journals Teens’ social media use and collective action

2013 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. 883-902 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyunjin Seo ◽  
J Brian Houston ◽  
Leigh Anne Taylor Knight ◽  
Emily J Kennedy ◽  
Alexandra B Inglish
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Social Media Use

Winning and losing on social media: Comparing viral political posts across platforms

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 639-657
Author(s):  
Anders Olof Larsson
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Political Campaigns ◽  
Citizen Engagement ◽  
Election Campaigns ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
Political Actors ◽  
Political Messages ◽  
Previous Scholarship

Research on social media use during election campaigns has largely focused on Twitter. Building on recommendations from previous scholarship, the work presented here provides comparative insights into party and citizen engagement on several platforms – Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube – during the 2017 Norwegian elections. Results indicate that the themes of popular, ‘viral’ posts vary across platforms, suggesting the need to adapt political messages to each specific outlet. The findings are discussed in the light of the suggested ‘analytics turn’ – when political actors can gauge the minutiae of how their online efforts are engaged with, how do those types of insights influence the shape and content of political campaigns?

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