Algorithmic social media use and its relationship to attitude reinforcement and issue-specific political participation – The case of the 2015 European immigration movements

Ohme, Jakob

doi:10.1080/19331681.2020.1805085

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“…Social media has also been identified as the antecedent to PK apart from political participation. It has a positive relationship with knowledge levels by helping youth on seeking information on political activities (Adamu & Mohamad, 2019;Andersen et al, 2017;Gottfried et al, 2017;Ohme, 2020;Schafer, 2020;Weeks et al, 2017). The association between PK and media consumption also is found in online platforms (Lee & Xenos, 2019) which suggests the feasibility of this relationship on the social channels.…”

Section: Social Media Usagementioning

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Association of online political participation with social media usage, perceived information quality, political interest and political knowledge among Malaysian youth: Structural equation model analysis

Halim

Mohamad

Dauda

et al. 2021

Cogent Social Sciences

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Although, many researches have described the younger generation to be diverse and active in politics of today, this segment of the population has not been wellacknowledged in the decision-making of politics. This involvement in politics is crucial as it helps in building confidence and skill acquirement that are relevant such as teamwork and effective communication. Hence, the study aims to further investigate their participation in politics and to construct a structural model that displays the associations between perceived information quality (PIQ), online political participation (OPP), political interest (PI), political knowledge (PK) and social media usage (SMU) among Malaysia's ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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Section: Social Media Usagementioning

confidence: 93%

Association of online political participation with social media usage, perceived information quality, political interest and political knowledge among Malaysian youth: Structural equation model analysis

Halim

Mohamad

Dauda

et al. 2021

Cogent Social Sciences

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“…In other words, social media encourages the formation of “identity bubbles”, which are online communities that not only act as echo chambers, but also reinforce shared identities and encourage homophily (Kaakinen et al., 2020 ). In addition, these online bubbles do not simply reinforce existing beliefs, rather, they tend to encourage the adoption of even more extreme beliefs (Ohme, 2021 ). As might be expected, analysis of large‐scale social media data has shown that such bubbles often form around conspiracy beliefs (Bessi et al., 2016 ).…”

Section: Social Reinforcementmentioning

confidence: 99%

The COVID‐19 pandemic and the search for structure: Social media and conspiracy theories

Dow

Johnson

Wang

et al. 2021

Social & Personality Psych

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The study outlines a model for how the COVID‐19 pandemic has uniquely exacerbated the propagation of conspiracy beliefs and subsequent harmful behaviors. The pandemic has led to widespread disruption of cognitive and social structures. As people face these disruptions they turn online seeking alternative cognitive and social structures. Once there, social media radicalizes beliefs, increasing contagion (rapid spread) and stickiness (resistance to change) of conspiracy theories. As conspiracy theories are reinforced in online communities, social norms develop, translating conspiracy beliefs into real‐world action. These real‐world exchanges are then posted back on social media, where they are further reinforced and amplified, and the cycle continues. In the broader population, this process draws attention to conspiracy theories and those who confidently espouse them. This attention can drive perceptions that conspiracy beliefs are less fringe and more popular, potentially normalizing such beliefs for the mainstream. We conclude by considering interventions and future research to address this seemingly intractable problem.

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“…However, active support from citizens can help to mitigate political challenges more successfully (Kornberg and Clarke 1992). For citizens, participatory activities provide a way to be proactiveand often prosocialin a crisis, for example by filling sandbags during a natural flooding disaster or providing primary care for newly arrived refugees (Guo et al 2020;Ohme 2021). Typically, during such crises, citizens initially follow the greater political lines proposed by authorities, rather than opposing them, given the lack of viable alternatives and opposition.…”

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Attenuating the crisis: the relationship between media use, prosocial political participation, and holding misinformation beliefs during the COVID-19 pandemic

Ohme

Hameleers

Brosius

et al. 2021

Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties

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In a global crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic, governments around the world are dependent on voluntary support of their citizens. Based on a four-wave panel survey conducted in the Netherlands between April and July 2020 (n = 1742), this study investigates the development of citizens' engagement in prosocial political activities and what motivates such acts of political participation. With previous research indicating strong relationships between news as well as social media use and political participation, we test whether these types of information consumption drive participation over time. The spread of misinformation during the COVID-19 crisis, however, was described as an "infodemic". The study therefore explores how holding misinformation beliefs directly and indirectly affects participation in COVID-19 related activities.

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Algorithmic social media use and its relationship to attitude reinforcement and issue-specific political participation – The case of the 2015 European immigration movements

Cited by 44 publications

References 57 publications

Association of online political participation with social media usage, perceived information quality, political interest and political knowledge among Malaysian youth: Structural equation model analysis

Association of online political participation with social media usage, perceived information quality, political interest and political knowledge among Malaysian youth: Structural equation model analysis

The COVID‐19 pandemic and the search for structure: Social media and conspiracy theories

Attenuating the crisis: the relationship between media use, prosocial political participation, and holding misinformation beliefs during the COVID-19 pandemic

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