Political participation on social media : the lived experience of online debate / Elizabeth Anne Bailey.
2021
JN900 .B35 2021
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Title
Political participation on social media : the lived experience of online debate / Elizabeth Anne Bailey.
ISBN
9783030652210 (ebook)
3030652211 (ebook)
9783030652203 (hardcover)
9783030652234 (paperback)
3030652211 (ebook)
9783030652203 (hardcover)
9783030652234 (paperback)
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2021]
Copyright
©2021
Language
English
Description
1 online resource
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1007/978-3-030-65221-0 doi
Call Number
JN900 .B35 2021
Dewey Decimal Classification
323/.0420941
Summary
This book explores peoples 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 peoples 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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCOhost, viewed April 15, 2021).
Series
Political campaigning and communication.
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Political participation on social media.
Political participation on social media.
Political participation on social media.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. The internet, social media, and politics
3. Human factors
4. Behaviour
5. Belief, identity, and the presentation of self
6. Crosstalk: Emotion and misunderstanding in online debate
7. Self-understanding of participation
8. Perceptions of efficacy
9. Experience of major UK debates
10. Into the labyrinth: Media through a social media lens
11. Conclusion.
2. The internet, social media, and politics
3. Human factors
4. Behaviour
5. Belief, identity, and the presentation of self
6. Crosstalk: Emotion and misunderstanding in online debate
7. Self-understanding of participation
8. Perceptions of efficacy
9. Experience of major UK debates
10. Into the labyrinth: Media through a social media lens
11. Conclusion.