Social Media, Democracy, and Democratization

Gayo-Avello, Daniel

doi:10.1109/mmul.2015.47

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“…With the rapid developments and applications of science and technology, more and more experts are involved in GDM problems. It makes large‐scale group decision‐making (LSGDM) problems becoming a hotspot .…”

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Analysis of self-confidence indices-based additive consistency for fuzzy preference relations with self-confidence and its application in group decision making

Liu

Montes

et al. 2018

Int J Intell Syst

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Preference relations have been widely used in group decision‐making (GDM) problems. Recently, a new kind of preference relations called fuzzy preference relations with self‐confidence (FPRs‐SC) has been introduced, which allow experts to express multiple self‐confidence levels when providing their preferences. This paper focuses on the analysis of additive consistency for FPRs‐SC and its application in GDM problems. To do that, some operational laws for FPRs‐SC are proposed. Subsequently, an additive consistency index that considers both the fuzzy preference values and self‐confidence is presented to measure the consistency level of an FPR‐SC. Moreover, an iterative algorithm that adjusts both the fuzzy preference values and self‐confidence levels is proposed to repair the inconsistency of FPRs‐SC. When an acceptable additive consistency level for FPRs‐SC is achieved, the collective FPR‐SC can be computed. We aggregate the individual FPRs‐SC using a self‐confidence indices‐based induced ordered weighted averaging operator. The inherent rule for aggregation is to give more importance to the most self‐confident experts. In addition, a self‐confidence score function for FPRs‐SC is designed to obtain the best alternative in GDM with FPRs‐SC. Finally, the feasibility and validity of the research are demonstrated with an illustrative example and some comparative analyses.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Analysis of self-confidence indices-based additive consistency for fuzzy preference relations with self-confidence and its application in group decision making

Liu

Montes

et al. 2018

Int J Intell Syst

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“…A theme which has received ample attention from scholars is the role of homophily, "the tendency to favour interaction with like-minded people" [10], in network formation on social media platforms. The product, when this tendency is enacted, is the formation of echo chambers-communities in which users are only exposed to ideas aligning with their own.…”

Section: Social Media As a Parliamentmentioning

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“…The product, when this tendency is enacted, is the formation of echo chambers-communities in which users are only exposed to ideas aligning with their own. Gayo-Avello [10] argues that while social media users have "a certain degree of exposure to cross-cutting ideas (even to users who are clearly partisans) and can interact with users who have opposing ideas", they mostly avoid such discussions. Additionally, his research suggests that when users encounter arguments that are in conflict with their views, they do not propagate them within their networks.…”

Section: Social Media As a Parliamentmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Town Square in Your Pocket: Exploring Four Metaphors of Social Media

Roux

Parry

2020

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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In this paper we explore the use of four metaphors as a means to illuminate particular dimensions of social media logic-the norms, strategies, and economics underpinning its dynamics. Our objective is to utilise metaphor to instigate critical reflection about the nature of social media use behaviour and the role of habitual social media use in our experiences of reality. The first metaphor, social media as a town square, draws attention to the centrality of social media platforms in their users' lives, fear of missing out, augmented reality and digital dualism. Through the second metaphor, social media as a beauty pageant, we explore self-presentation or image crafting, social comparison and selfevaluation. The third metaphor, social media as a parliament, emphasises the role of social media platforms as spaces for online deliberation and we consider social media capital, homophily and polarisation as themes. Finally, we explore anonymity, deindividuation and deceptive self-presentation through our fourth metaphor, social media as a masquerade ball. We argue that social media scholars can use these and other metaphors to enhance communication of their research findings. Additionally, we believe that social media metaphors can be powerful pedagogical and communication tools, particularly when working with students for whom high levels of social media use is the norm.

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“…Individuals' use of social media both with their real profiles and profiles under other names makes social media become an effective propaganda tool for politicians. However, it is also argued that the convergence of social media with political action is a complex area that raises important questions and that the view of democracy brought about by political use of social media serves communicative capitalism (Gayo-Avello, 2015). According to the view of communicative capitalism, dealing with political issues through these platforms is considered to be beneficial to the interest of a particular elite group, not the free speech or debate of users.…”

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Examination of Social Media Use of University Students

Acun¹,

Yücel²,

Belenkuyu³

et al. 2018

Educational Administration: Theory and Practice

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The purpose of this study is to examine the social media usage of university students, and to determine whether different characteristics of university students such as gender, academic average, socioeconomic level, world view, social media usage make any difference in the usage patterns. The study was drawn from the quantitative data collected for a bigger research project. A total of 2253 students from 2nd, 3rd and 4th grade in letters faculties of 12 state universities participated in the study. Frequency analysis, t-test and one-factor ANOVA were performed to analyze the data gathered through Social Media Usage Scale developed within the scope of the study. The results of the research showed that university students use social media mostly for research purposes and use social media least to get information about political issues and groups. It is also found that gender is a predictive variable in using social media for different purposes. Moreover, the world view (political affiliation) of university students and the frequency of social media use are variables that cause differentiation in all of the social media usage purposes. On the other hand, the academic grade point average and socioeconomic level of students are the two variables that cause differentiation only in social media use for entertainment and getting information about political issues and groups. Keywords: Social media, socioeconomic level, world view ÖzBu çalışmanın amacı üniversite öğrencilerinin sosyal medya kullanım amaçlarını belirlemek ve üniversite öğrencilerinin cinsiyet, akademik ortalama, sosyoekonomik seviye, dünya görüşü ve sosyal medya kullanım sıklığı gibi farklı özelliklerinin bu kullanım amaçlarında farklılaşma yaratıp yaratmadığını ortaya çıkarmaktır. Bu araştırma, daha geniş bir araştırma projesi için toplanmış nicel verilerden vücuda gelmiştir. Çalışma verileri, 12 devlet üniversitesinin edebiyat fakültelerinde 2, 3 ve 4. sınıfta okuyan toplam 2253 öğrenciden toplanmıştır. Çalışma kapsamında geliştirilen Sosyal Medya Kullanım Amaçları Ölçme Aracıyla toplanan verilerin analizinde frekans analizi, t-testi ve tek faktörlü ANOVA yapılmıştır. Araştırma sonuçları üniversite öğrencilerinin sosyal medyayı en çok araştırma yapma amacıyla, en az ise siyasi konu ve gruplardan haberdar olma amacıyla kullandıklarını göstermiş, cinsiyetin sosyal medyayı farklı amaçlarla kullanmada belirleyici bir değişken olduğunu ortaya çıkarmıştır. Ayrıca benimsenen dünya görüşü ve sosyal medya kullanım sıklığı sosyal medyanın kullanım amaçlarının tümünde farklılaşmaya sebep olan değişkenler olurken, akademik ortalama ve sosyoekonomik seviye sadece sosyal medyayı eğlence amaçlı ve siyasi konu ve gruplardan haberdar olma amaçlı kullanımlarda farklılaşmaya neden olan değişkenler olarak bulunmuştur.

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Social Media, Democracy, and Democratization

Cited by 28 publications

References 15 publications

Analysis of self-confidence indices-based additive consistency for fuzzy preference relations with self-confidence and its application in group decision making

Analysis of self-confidence indices-based additive consistency for fuzzy preference relations with self-confidence and its application in group decision making

The Town Square in Your Pocket: Exploring Four Metaphors of Social Media

Examination of Social Media Use of University Students

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