2014
DOI: 10.1177/1461444814546451
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Political organizations’ use of websites and Facebook

Abstract: The Internet offers internal and external communication opportunities to political organizations but also adds new costs and social pressure to use it in an appropriate way. This study examines whether and which political and organizational context factors explain the usage of online media by political organizations. We content-analyzed the websites and Facebook pages of 116 German-based political organizations in the policy sectors environment and health and distinguished between different aspects of “ usage”… Show more

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“…In addition, citizens are shifting their channel choice preferences (Reddick, Abdelsalam, & Elkadi, 2012) from traditional channels to e-government. Facebook pages represent a challenge for political organizations (Nitschke, Donges, & Schade, 2016). These facts could be reasons why governmental organizations are developing their Facebook pages to provide up-to-date information and observe the user feedbacks about policies and regulations posed by government.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In addition, citizens are shifting their channel choice preferences (Reddick, Abdelsalam, & Elkadi, 2012) from traditional channels to e-government. Facebook pages represent a challenge for political organizations (Nitschke, Donges, & Schade, 2016). These facts could be reasons why governmental organizations are developing their Facebook pages to provide up-to-date information and observe the user feedbacks about policies and regulations posed by government.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…O trabalho procura não cair na armadilha mencionada por Nitschke et al (2014) sobre questionar se a internet estaria sendo usada em seu total potencial, já que isso só levaria a diagnosticar déficits. No entanto, é necessário saber em que medida -e com quais objetivos -as ferramentas digitais têm sido utilizadas nas campanhas.…”
Section: Análise E Discussão Dos Resultados Gráfico 1 -Candidatos E Aunclassified
“…O contexto faz com que algumas ferramentas sejam consideradas mais apropriadas que outras (ŠTĚTKA et al, 2014;MONT'ALVERNE, 2013;2014), inclusive com finalidades diferentes. Nitschke et al (2014) identificam que, em um mesmo partido, a ênfase de uso do Facebook e dos websites são diferentes. Questiona-se, porém, se é possível esperar maior abertura aos cidadãos em outros ambientes.…”
Section: Análise E Discussão Dos Resultados Gráfico 1 -Candidatos E Aunclassified
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“…Así, las redes sociales conforman un espacio de comunicación globalizado, que no conoce de fronteras, significan para los individuos un medio de acceso prioritario a la información y, para las empresas, organizaciones o instituciones estar presentes en ellas resulta ineludible para garantizar su visibilidad y el contacto diario con sus usuarios o potenciales usuarios. En este sentido, son interesantes los estudios referidos al comportamiento de la comunidad de una red social creada en torno a una marca empresarial, partido político (Lin, 2017;Nedelea y Costea, 2016;Nitschke, Donges, Schade, 2016;Pegoraro, Scott, y Burch, 2017;Reilly y Trevisan, 2016). En el ámbito educativo siempre ha tenido suma importancia la interacción social que se crea en un contexto determinado.…”
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