Political Participation on Social Media: The Lived Experience of Online Debate

ISBN-13: 9783030652234 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 228 str.

Elizabeth Anne Bailey

Recenzje

"The greatest contribution of Political Participation on Social Media: The Lived Experience of Online Debate is that it provides a clear interdisciplinary context for future scholarship on the many human factors that affect political participation. It is a highly recommended resource with several implications in an academic and political context in politics, communication, media, psychology, and journalism disciplines and professions alike." (Jade Larson, Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Vol. 100 (2), 2023)

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Introduction 

Chapter  2 The internet, social media, and politics 

Chapter  3 Human factors

Chapter  4 Behaviour

Chapter  5 Belief, identity, and the presentation of self

Chapter  6 Crosstalk: Emotion and misunderstanding in online debate 

Chapter  7 Self-understanding of participation

Chapter  8 Perceptions of efficacy

Chapter  9 Experience of major UK debates

Chapter  10 Into the labyrinth: Media through a social media lens

Chapter  11 Conclusion

O autorze

Elizabeth Anne Bailey completed her PhD at the University of Bedfordshire, UK. Before this, she worked for more than two decades in the UK Civil Service where she specialised in public communications strategy and management, managing major national communications campaigns. She currently works in local government and is a political campaigns ambassador for a large national charity.

Blurb

This book explores people’s lived experience of discussing politics online. Based on original research involving in-depth conversations with 85 participants around the UK, it asks people about their own understanding of their online engagement, focusing on major UK political events and related debates –the Scottish Independence Referendum, the EU Referendum and the UK Labour Party leadership contests. It shows how people’s experiences are varied and influenced by many factors, but with a focus on personal feelings, needs and concerns as much as wider political ones. Participants struggle with self-awareness and understanding the motives and actions of others, which has an impact on their behaviour and perceived efficacy. They can have profound emotional responses owing to the constraints of using social media but still value it as a medium for political learning and self-expression. Communication effects in this environment are complex and unpredictable – there is much ‘crosstalk’. Social media itself is proving to be an unprecedented learning environment, where people begin to better understand their own behaviour and that of others and adapt over time.

Elizabeth Anne Bailey completed her PhD at the University of Bedfordshire, UK. Before this, she worked for more than two decades in the UK Civil Service where she specialised in public communications strategy and management, managing major national communications campaigns. She currently works in local government and is a political campaigns ambassador for a large national charity.