Social media as a heteroglossic discursive space and Kenya's emergent alternative/citizen experiment

Ogola, George

doi:10.1080/23743670.2015.1119490

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“…Politicians have used social media for distributing information (Klinger, 2013;Ross and Bürger, 2014) and campaigning purposes (Jungherr, 2014); seeking to mobilize voters through drawing their attention to a party's agenda (Skogerbø and Krumsvik, 2015). Social media sites are emerging as journalistic sources (Ogola, 2015;Skogerbø and Krumsvik, 2015) and as a way to connect politically involved citizens to non-involved citizens in political discourse (Mosca and Quaranta, 2016).…”

Section: Political Communicationmentioning

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“…The presidential election of the United States of America (USA) is a highly significant event for both the country and the rest of the world. Existing literature shows that increased use of digital media leads to increased political participation; raising the political knowledge of citizens and engaging them in the election campaigns (Dimitrova et al, 2014;Hossain et al, 2018;Ogola, 2015). Social media platforms support two-way communication (Kapoor and Dwivedi, 2015;Vaccari and Valeriani, 2015).…”

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Polarization and acculturation in US Election 2016 outcomes – Can twitter analytics predict changes in voting preferences

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Kar

Dwivedi

et al. 2019

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

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Elections are among the most critical events in a national calendar. During elections, candidates increasingly use social media platforms to engage voters. Using the 2016 US presidential election as a case study, we looked at the use of Twitter by political campaigns and examined how the drivers of voter behaviour were reflected in Twitter. Social media analytics have been used to derive insights related to theoretical frameworks within political science. Using social media analytics, we investigated whether the nature of social media discussions have an impact on voting behaviour during an election, through acculturation of ideologies and polarization of voter preferences. Our findings indicate that discussions on Twitter could have polarized users significantly. Reasons behind such polarization were explored using Newman and Sheth's model of voter's choice behaviour. Geographical analysis of tweets, users, and campaigns suggests acculturation of ideologies among voting groups. Finally, network analysis among voters indicates that polarization may have occurred due to differences between the respective online campaigns. This study thus provides important and highly relevant insights into voter behaviour for the future management and governance of successful political campaigns. deliberative democracy among voters (Lawrence et al., 2010;Yardi and Boyd, 2010). Deliberation may help voters in: (a) refining their own opinions; (b) listening to different opinions; and (c) identifying

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Section: Political Communicationmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Polarization and acculturation in US Election 2016 outcomes – Can twitter analytics predict changes in voting preferences

Grover

Kar

Dwivedi

et al. 2019

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

176

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“…Reasons that social media users may decide not to engage on some open platforms include fear of victimisation or condemnation, 83 and suspicion and distrust of security and intelligence services 84 -this despite the assertion that there is usually less fear of possible intimidation or even prosecution by those who participate in online as opposed to offline discussions. 85 The views expressed in person came with varying degrees of sympathy for the KDF, from 'it is what we are paying them to do, they should do their job' 86 to 'I am a citizen and I pay taxes; I should be able to know.' 87 A prominent Kenyan blogger with close to one million followers on Twitter was of a similar opinion when commenting on information relating to the El Adde attack, remarking that 'troops are in Somalia through taxpayer money -we have the right to know.'…”

Section: Fighting On the Other Front: Kenya's Third Spacementioning

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Social media warfare and Kenya’s conflict with Al Shabaab in Somalia: A right to know?

Molony¹

2018

African Affairs

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This article explores Kenyan citizens' right to know details about sensitive security-related information in the context of a new era of social media warfare. It considers the public communications response to Al Shabaab's January 2016 attack on Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) personnel in El Adde, Somalia, and then to a similar attack in Kulbiyow a year later. Drawing on Twitter posts, an official account of Kenya's military activities in Somalia, and-unusually for the study of social media-on 'offline' methods of qualitative data collection, it asks why the KDF did not provide real-time updates about the El Adde attack, but did provide information about the assault on Kulbiyow? Three plausible explanations for the KDF's differing response are considered. First, at the time of El Adde, the KDF was inexperienced in terms of social media communication. Second, El Adde taught the KDF that in order not to lose the all-important public opinion, it had to match its enemy and also disseminate credible information. Finally, the strengthening voice of Kenyan citizens and the potential for further reputational damage pushed the KDF from a 'need-to-know' frame of mind in terms of its sharing of information, to more of a 'right-to-know' mentality.

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“…The big, strong radio stations have lost audiences, while small, vernacularlanguage stations have kept theirs (The State of the Media in Kenya, 2014). These vernacularlanguage stations have raised political concerns at the national level where it has been argued that the delicate ethnic balance may be at stake (Ogola, 2015). For the same reason, many experts are hesitant about the Ministry of Information's plan to introduce county-level ICT services in the dominant local language (Kivikuru, 2017).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Social media sites include 'Occupy parliament', 'My dress my choice' and 'Occupy playground '. 4 There is evidence that the online space is becoming increasingly institutionalised as a platform for popular expression, while the mainstream media's regime tends to close its ears to outsider voices (Ogola, 2015). The new media thus afford users -mainly young people in urban centres -the opportunity to mobilise protests and lobby groups, but they also alienate those segments of society that do not have access to social media.…”

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From community to assemblage? ICT provides a site for inclusion and exclusion in the global south

Kivikuru

2018

The Journal of International Communication

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The role of information and communication technology (ICT) in development has been discussed from two distinctly different perspectives: some researchers and activists view it as a means for opening new alleys for facilitation of development and democracy, while others assess it counterproductive. Further, it has been emphasized that people in cities and rural areas meet ICT in different ways, as do people with wealth and education compared to poor people. In Africa, Kenya has declared itself as ICT hub, and indeed, two-thirds of the population have today access to the internet. The state has emphasized ICT in promoting services; attitudes toward communication policies and freedom of expression are far more reserved.

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Social media as a heteroglossic discursive space and Kenya's emergent alternative/citizen experiment

Cited by 22 publications

References 13 publications

Polarization and acculturation in US Election 2016 outcomes – Can twitter analytics predict changes in voting preferences

Polarization and acculturation in US Election 2016 outcomes – Can twitter analytics predict changes in voting preferences

Social media warfare and Kenya’s conflict with Al Shabaab in Somalia: A right to know?

From community to assemblage? ICT provides a site for inclusion and exclusion in the global south

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