Digital Democracy

Bode, Leticia; Edgerly, Stephanie; Sayre, Ben; Vraga, Emily K.; Shah, Dhavan V.

doi:10.1002/9781444361506.wbiems128

The International Encyclopedia of Media Studies 2012

DOI: 10.1002/9781444361506.wbiems128

|View full text |Cite

Digital Democracy

Leticia Bode¹,

Stephanie Edgerly²,

Ben Sayre³

et al.

Abstract: Over the past two decades, the Internet has increasingly become part of the everyday life of US citizens. This chapter considers the impact of the growing use of the Internet on media use and political behaviors. Specifically it addresses the theoretical, practical, and empirical consequences of various uses of the Internet for sociability, social capital, online formats of news and politics, political blogs, online public spheres, and political messaging. We further consider the emergence of online spaces as … Show more

Help me understand this report

Search citation statements

Order By: Relevance

Paper Sections

Select...

Citation Types

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Year Published

2018

2023

Publication Types

Select...

Article3

Relationship

Self Cite0

Independent3

Authors

Journals

Cited by 3 publications

References 66 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

Mobile News Consumption and Its Relation to Young Adults’ Knowledge About and Participation in Referendums

Vogler

Weston²,

Ryffel³

et al. 2023

MaC

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The news media are among the most important sources of information about political events, such as referendums. For young adults, the smartphone has become the main device for accessing news. However, we know little about the factors influencing mobile news consumption and how this consumption is related to political knowledge and political participation. This study investigates the antecedents of young individuals’ smartphone news consumption and how it is correlated with their knowledge about and participation in two referendums in Switzerland. We record the mobile internet usage of 309 young adults and link their digital trace data to survey data. We show that trust in news media and the use of broadcast media are positively correlated with the duration of mobile news consumption. The use of social media leads to more news source diversity. However, we find that the duration of mobile news consumption and news source diversity are not correlated with political knowledge about or participation in the referendum. As interest in politics is also positively correlated with the diversity of news sources used by individual participants, our study supports the idea that attentive audiences use a broader range of news sources to inform themselves about referendums.

show abstract

Mobile News Consumption and Its Relation to Young Adults’ Knowledge About and Participation in Referendums

Vogler

Weston²,

Ryffel³

et al. 2023

MaC

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

Genç Nesilde Ötekileştirmenin Dijital Yüzü: Nezaket Dışı Siyasal Değer Yüklü Paylaşımlar ve Kutuplaşma

Ünal¹

2018

OPUS Uluslararası Toplum Araştırmaları Dergisi

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Today, with the increase in the popularity of digital social media environments, the potential for individuals to participate in online social and political discussions has also increased rapidly. However, modern online information environments are filled with disagreements arising from arbitrarily shared politically value-laden posts. The fundamental dynamic of the research is the question of dissemination of politically value-laden posts which are mostly uncivil such as provocative, aggressive, insulting, libelous comments or discourses that have othering effect and its reflection on online and offline daily relationships among younger individuals. Indeed, it has been aimed at examining the degree to which politically value-laden online posts of youths, studying at tertiary level, often that go beyond the limits of civil comments or discourses contributes to counter-party alienation and to otherizing process or to the production (or reproduction) of a general social-political polarization climate. In this framework, an explanatory, descriptive and interpretive analysis was carried out by presenting field data collected through quantitative and qualitative methods. Research findings show that uncivil politically value-laden posts through digital social networks directly affects the (online and offline) everyday relationships of individuals and leads to the practice of othering. When politically value-laden posts become uncivil, these can become a source of tension and polarity. When people are confronted with politically motivated conflicts and when they are exposed to uncivil comments or discourses, they are often more likely to consider the ideas that confirm their own views, rather than to accept the existence of different ideas, and have a more extreme or partisan attitude. These extreme views and attitudes lead to conflict and polarization or reproduce the existing polarization more and more.

show abstract

Siyasal İletişimde Dezenformasyon ve Sosyal Medya: Bir Doğrulama Platformu Olarak Teyit.Org

Erkan

Ayhan

2018

Akdeniz Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesi Dergisi

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Bireyleri ve toplumları yönlendirmek amacıyla geçmişten günümüze sıkça başvurulan bir yöntem olan dezenformasyon sosyal medyanın yaygın olarak hayatımıza girmesiyle farklı bir boyuta taşınmıştır. Bilginin üretilmesinde ve yayılmasında önemli bir işleve sahip internet ve yeni medya mecralarının denetimiz ve anonim paylaşımlara olanak veren yapısı sebebiyle bilgi kirliliği ve çarpıtılmış haberler had safhaya ulaşmış durumdadır. Yanlış bilgilerin gerçeklerden daha hızlı yayıldığı çevrimiçi mecralarda kullanıcıların bilginin doğruluğunu ya da yanlışlığını öğrenmesi gitgide daha da zorlaşmaktadır. Bu noktada yalan ve yanlış paylaşımların önüne geçilemediği internet ortamında doğrulama platformlarının önemi giderek artmaktadır. Özellikle siyasal alanda önemli bir iletişim mecrası haline gelen sosyal medya siyasal aktörlerin ve partilerin aleyhine yapılan dezenformasyonun da temel kaynağı olmuştur. Siyasi aktörler ve partiler hedef alınarak yapılan dezenformasyonlar özellikle seçim dönemlerinde daha da artmaktadır. Bu çalışmada, 24 Haziran 2018 tarihi için alınan erken seçim kararı sonrasında siyasi dezenformasyon aracı olarak kullanılan sosyal medya paylaşımları, doğrulama platformu olan teyit.org üzerinden incelenmiş ve bu tür enformasyonların önlenmesinde doğrulama platformlarının işlevi irdelenmiştir.

show abstract

scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.

Contact Info

customersupport@researchsolutions.com

10624 S. Eastern Ave., Ste. A-614

Henderson, NV 89052, USA

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Blog Terms and Conditions API Terms Privacy Policy Contact Cookie Preferences Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information

Made with 💙 for researchers

Part of the Research Solutions Family.

Digital Democracy

Cited by 3 publications

References 66 publications

Mobile News Consumption and Its Relation to Young Adults’ Knowledge About and Participation in Referendums

Mobile News Consumption and Its Relation to Young Adults’ Knowledge About and Participation in Referendums

Genç Nesilde Ötekileştirmenin Dijital Yüzü: Nezaket Dışı Siyasal Değer Yüklü Paylaşımlar ve Kutuplaşma

Siyasal İletişimde Dezenformasyon ve Sosyal Medya: Bir Doğrulama Platformu Olarak Teyit.Org

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About