Regaining Control Citizens who follow politicians on social media and their perceptions of journalism

Fisher, Caroline; Culloty, Eileen; Lee, Jee Young; Park, Sora

doi:10.1080/21670811.2018.1519375

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“…This form of presentation resonates particularly well with younger citizens, who value politicians who are able to show themselves as 'one of us'-that is, a 'regular' person in contrast to the 'official' political persona (Manning et al, 2017). In line with this, more than one fifth of 18-24-year-old Danish citizens report following a political party on social media, and 17% follow at least one politician (Reuters, 2019; see also Fisher, Culloty, Lee, & Park, 2019).…”

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confidence: 75%

“…Theoretical as well as empirical work in the field of political socialization demonstrates that many civic attitudes and behaviors are primarily developed as young adults become eligible to vote (Valentino & Sears, 1998), and during the period following this first formal exercise of citizenship, the so-called formative years (Mannheim, 1928(Mannheim, /1952; it also results from young citizens perceiving the political world as remote and unresponsive to them (Loader, 2007). Hence, political interest is still developing during late adolescence and early adulthood (e.g., Fisher et al, 2019), and the impact of news and current affairs information is particularly pronounced during those years (Moeller, de Vreese, Esser, & Kunz, 2014).…”

Section: Digital Participation As Part Of the Political Socialization Processmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Early research into the connection between political actors and citizens on social media finds only weak indicators for direct political communication, with limited Fisher et al (2019) find that politicians' followers are significantly younger than the average citizen, they prefer to "hear directly from a politician/political party [rather] than have their views filtered by others" (Fisher et al, 2019, p. 243). Social media have been associated with the hope that less political interested and resourceful citizens will engage with politics more frequently on these platforms compared to traditional media (Shehata & Strömbäck, 2018).…”

Section: Following Politicians On Social Mediamentioning

confidence: 99%

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Following Politicians on Social Media: Effects for Political Information, Peer Communication, and Youth Engagement

Marquart

Ohme

Moeller

2020

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Young citizens increasingly turn to social media platforms for political information. These platforms enable direct communication between politicians and citizens, circumventing the influence of traditional news outlets. We still know little about the consequences of direct contact with politicians on such platforms for citizens’ political participation. Here, we argue that the interplay of different actors in the political news diet of citizens should be investigated from a networked communication perspective. Relying on a cross-sectional survey of young Danes (15–25 years old, <em>n</em> = 567), we investigate the relationship between following politicians on social media and: (a) the composition of young citizens’ political media diet; and (b) their civic messaging and campaign participation. Following political actors on social media relates to increased campaign engagement and can be a catalyst for young people’s exposure to campaign news, but their friends and followers function as the main node of their political online networks. We document a process of the de-mediation of politics on social media: Established news media lose influence as primary information sources for young citizens. We discuss these results in the context of users’ active curation and passive selection of their political social media diet.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Section: Digital Participation As Part Of the Political Socialization Processmentioning

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Following Politicians on Social Media: Effects for Political Information, Peer Communication, and Youth Engagement

Marquart

Ohme

Moeller

2020

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“…On the other hand, citizens are provided with additional tools to effectively assess the competence, leadership, or integrity of political candidates. Indeed, the desire to get unfiltered information was shown to be the most important motivation to follow politicians on SNS (Fisher et al., 2019). Along these lines, Kobayashi and Ichifuji (2015) argue that “the evaluation of a politician’s personal traits is similar to the impression-driven evaluations that we make in everyday life, and thus they can be made more easily, even by voters with little interest in politics” (p. 576).…”

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Social Networking Sites, Personalization, and Trust in Government: Empirical Evidence for a Mediation Model

Starke

Marcinkowski

Wintterlin

2020

Social Media + Society

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Political communication via social media might well counter the eroding political trust. In particular, social networking sites (SNS) enable direct flows of communication between citizens and the political elite, thereby reducing social and political gaps. Based on the concept of personalization of politics, we argue that interactions with politicians on SNS affect trust in government through a two-step process: First, interactions on SNS make citizens evaluate politicians’ characters more favorably. Second, these evaluations serve as cues for the citizens to develop or withdraw trust in government. We test indirect effects using four character traits as mediators: leadership, benevolence, responsiveness, and likeability. A representative online survey ( n = 1117; in Germany) reveals that interactions with politicians on SNS increase the perceived likeability of candidates, and thus also trust in government. However, they do not affect the evaluation of the other traits: leadership, benevolence, and responsiveness.

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“…Fenomena yang sama juga ditemukan pada remaja di beberapa negara seperti Australia, Irlandia, Amerika, Inggris, Jerman, dan Spanyol. Mereka mengikuti akun politisi, terlepas dari mereka mengidolakan politisi tersebut, guna mendapatkan informasi politik langsung dari politisi tanpa adanya gatekeeping (Fisher et al, 2019).…”

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Literasi media, chilling effect, dan partisipasi politik remaja

Limilia

Fuady

2021

j.kajian.kom

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Peningkatan pengguna Internet di Indonesia menjadi petanda baik bahwa akses masyarakat ke Internet semakin baik. Akan tetapi, peningkatan tersebut juga menimbulkan kekhawatiran terkait kesiapan masyarakat dalam berinteraksi di media sosial. Saat ini, media sosial tidak lagi menjadi ruang publik yang netral karena adannya penyalahgunaan oleh kelompok tertentu dengan menyebarkan berita palsu, propaganda, hate spin, dan lain-lain. Situasi ini diperparah dengan tingkat literasi media masyarakat yang rendah. Pemerintah mengeluarkan Undang-Undang Informasi dan Transaksi Elektronik (UU ITE) guna mengatur kegaduhan di media sosial. Namun, tindakan ini menuai banyak kritikan dari berbagai kalangan. Salah satunya terkait efek samping (berupa chilling effect) dari UU ITE yang dapat mengancam kebebasan berpendapat. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui pengaruh literasi media pada partisipasi politik di media sosial serta mengetahui apakah pengetahuan terkait UU ITE memoderasi pengaruh tersebut. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode survei dengan teknik sampling purposive. Teknik pengumpulan data menggunakan kuesioner yang kemudian dianalis menggunakan analisis regresi. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa sebagian besar responden memiliki tingkat literasi media yang tinggi terutama pada kategori functional consumption, critical consumption, functional prosumer. Tidak ada perbedaan tingkat literasi media antara laki-laki dan perempuan. Peningkatan keterampilan literasi media tersebut akan diikuti oleh peningkatan partisipasi politik. Akan tetapi, pengetahuan terkait UU ITE tidak berkontribusi pada pengaruh tersebut. Selain itu, penelitian juga menemukan bahwa keterampilan critical consuming dan critical prosumer memiliki hubungan positif yang signifikan dengan partisipasi politik di media sosial.

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Regaining Control Citizens who follow politicians on social media and their perceptions of journalism

Cited by 21 publications

References 72 publications

Following Politicians on Social Media: Effects for Political Information, Peer Communication, and Youth Engagement

Following Politicians on Social Media: Effects for Political Information, Peer Communication, and Youth Engagement

Social Networking Sites, Personalization, and Trust in Government: Empirical Evidence for a Mediation Model

Literasi media, chilling effect, dan partisipasi politik remaja

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