Social Media and Online Political Communication: The Role of Interpersonal Informational Trust and Openness

Himelboim, Itai; Lariscy, Ruthann Weaver; Tinkham, Spencer F.; Sweetser, Kaye D.

doi:10.1080/08838151.2011.648682

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“…The same survey also shows that young voters looked first to national newspapers for political news on the 2012 election campaign, then to what friends shared on Facebook, followed by 300 official Facebook campaign pages. Other studies expand this to all ages, revealing that voters' political attitudes and behavior are influenced by everyday conversations with family members or complete strangers (Himelboim,Lariscy,305 Tinkham, & Sweetser, 2012;Lilleker, 2006). Some have expressed concerns about the fact that the Internet seems to favor homophily and selective exposure, bringing like-minded people together and functioning only to reinforce their 310…”

Section: Emerging Patterns Of Online Civic Engagementmentioning

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Obama’s 2012 Facebook Campaign: Political Communication in the Age of the Like Button

Gerodimos¹,

Justinussen

2014

Journal of Information Technology & Politics

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ABSTRACT. This article examines the role of social media in contemporary political communication, focusing on Barack Obama's Facebook campaign in the run-up to the 2012 presidential election. Although there is a growing body of literature on online forms of participation, little research exists on the role of social buttons on Facebook (like, comment, and share) as tools of political voice. We use these native interactive features as indicators of how citizens engage with particular political messages. A content analysis of posts published on Obama's official Facebook page over the two months leading up to Election Day was conducted, along with a detailed measurement of all user interactions for each post. Our analysis indicates that the Obama campaign used Facebook as a tool of top-down promotion, focusing on Obama's personality and as a means of strategically guiding followers to act, rather than as a means of bottom-up empowerment or hybridized coproduction. However, we also found that followers engaged selectively with campaign messages and often interacted more with policy-oriented posts than with promotional ones.

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Section: Emerging Patterns Of Online Civic Engagementmentioning

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Obama’s 2012 Facebook Campaign: Political Communication in the Age of the Like Button

Gerodimos¹,

Justinussen

2014

Journal of Information Technology & Politics

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“…doi:10.1111/hcre.12018 Recent research suggests that the American public is turning to social media more often than traditional media as a source for political information (Pew Internet & American Life Project, 2011). Furthermore, people are sharing political information at an increasing rate via social networking sites, e-mails, and text messages (Himelboim, Lariscy, Tinkham, & Sweetser, 2012;Metzgar & Maruggi, 2009). As a result, information sharing is becoming a notable element in the larger political information landscape.…”

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I Share, Therefore I Am: A U.S.−China Comparison of College Students' Motivations to Share Information About Climate Change

2013

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This study examines social cognitive factors that influence information sharing related to climate change. Survey data were collected in the United States and China. Social and epistemic motivations, negative emotion, and information seeking were significant predictors of information sharing in the U.S. sample. In the Chinese sample, however, social motivation and information seeking were the only significant predictors. These results suggest that psychological collectivism fosters information sharing. For theory development purposes, these findings suggest that besides information seeking and processing, the Risk Information Seeking and Processing model could account for information sharing as well, although evidence only surfaced in the U.S. sample. Practically, this study offers important pathways to improve information sharing related to climate change in the public sphere.

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“…Laman sosial dilihat sebagai revolusi terkini yang dapat menghubungkan seseorang dengan sekelip mata walau berada di merata dunia. Hal ini bertepatan dengan dapatan Himelboim et al (2012) yang membuktikan bahawa internet sebagai medium yang menyelaraskan pergerakan informasi dengan pelbagai arah dan membolehkan pengguna untuk interaksi antara satu sama lain dengan lebih mudah iaitu dengan interaksi komunikasi secara dalam talian. Begitu juga menurut Andan Hussein & Kamaliah Siarap (2000), bahawa perkembangan awal di Malaysia adalah khusus untuk tujuan penyelidikan dan Komunikasi.…”

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Pemilihan Bahasa dalam Komunikasi di Laman Sosial (Language Choice of Communication on Social Networking Site)

Ma’alip¹

2015

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AbstrakKajian ini bertujuan meninjau pemilihan bahasa dalam komunikasi oleh pengguna laman sosial. Medium komunikasi yang diberikan tumpuan dalam kajian ialah laman sosial yang dapat diakses oleh pengguna internet. Kajian ini menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif melalui borang soal selidik sebagai instrumen kajian. Responden kajian meliputi pengguna laman sosial dalam kalangan remaja, belia dan dewasa. Borang soal selidik telah diedarkan kepada 200 orang responden yang dipilih secara rawak. Namun hanya 182 borang soal selidik telah dikembalikan dan hanya 180 sahaja telah dianalisis kerana dua daripada borang tersebut tidak lengkap. Analisis dilakukan mengikut teori domain dan hasil kajian mendapati bahawa bahasa Melayu dan bahasa Inggeris menjadi pilihan pengguna laman sosial diikuti oleh bahasa Cina, bahasa India, dan bahasa-bahasa lain. Dapatan kajian juga menunjukkan bahawa pola pemilihan bahasa yang digunakan di laman sosial adalah sama bagi tujuan komunikasi yang berlainan iaitu bahasa Melayu dan bahasa Inggeris yang menjadi pilihan utama. AbstractThis study aims to investigate the choice of language in communication by social media users. The respondents are social networking sites users which include adolescents and adults. Questionnaires were distributed to 200 randomly selected respondents. However, only 182 questionnaires were returned and only 180 questionnaires had been analyzed as two of the questionnaires were incomplete. Analysis was performed guided by domain theory. The study found that the Malay and English language are the most dominant language used in communication on social networking sites, followed by Chinese language, then by Indian language, and other languages. The findings also indicate that the pattern of language choice on social networking sites is focused on Malay and English language, similar to other communication purposes offline.

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Social Media and Online Political Communication: The Role of Interpersonal Informational Trust and Openness

Cited by 77 publications

References 45 publications

Obama’s 2012 Facebook Campaign: Political Communication in the Age of the Like Button

Obama’s 2012 Facebook Campaign: Political Communication in the Age of the Like Button

I Share, Therefore I Am: A U.S.−China Comparison of College Students' Motivations to Share Information About Climate Change

Pemilihan Bahasa dalam Komunikasi di Laman Sosial (Language Choice of Communication on Social Networking Site)

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