Analyzing Citizen Engagement With European Politics on Social Media
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Resumo: | Contributions in this thematic issue focus explicitly on citizens and their online engagement with European politics. For social media research in the European Union, citizens remain an understudied actor type in comparison with political elites or news organizations. The reason, we argue, is four key challenges facing social media research in the European Union: legal, ethical, technical, and cultural. To introduce this thematic issue, we outline these four challenges and illustrate how they relate to each contribution. Given that these challenges are unlikely to dissipate, we stress the need for open dialogue about them. A key part of that involves contextualizing research findings within the constraints in which they are produced. Despite these challenges, the contributions showcase that a theoretical and empirical focus on citizens’ social media activity can illuminate key insights into vitally important topics for contemporary Europe. These include civic participation, institutional communication, media consumption, gender inequality, and populism. |
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Analyzing Citizen Engagement With European Politics on Social Mediacomputational methods; European Union; Facebook; gender; news engagement; populism; social media; TwitterContributions in this thematic issue focus explicitly on citizens and their online engagement with European politics. For social media research in the European Union, citizens remain an understudied actor type in comparison with political elites or news organizations. The reason, we argue, is four key challenges facing social media research in the European Union: legal, ethical, technical, and cultural. To introduce this thematic issue, we outline these four challenges and illustrate how they relate to each contribution. Given that these challenges are unlikely to dissipate, we stress the need for open dialogue about them. A key part of that involves contextualizing research findings within the constraints in which they are produced. Despite these challenges, the contributions showcase that a theoretical and empirical focus on citizens’ social media activity can illuminate key insights into vitally important topics for contemporary Europe. These include civic participation, institutional communication, media consumption, gender inequality, and populism.Cogitatio2022-02-17info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.17645/pag.v10i1.5233oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/5233Politics and Governance; Vol 10, No 1 (2022): Analyzing Citizen Engagement with European Politics Through Social Media; 90-962183-2463reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAPenghttps://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/article/view/5233https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.v10i1.5233https://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/article/view/5233/5233Copyright (c) 2022 Pieter de Wilde, Astrid Rasch, Michael Bossettahttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessde Wilde, PieterRasch, AstridBossetta, Michael2022-10-21T16:03:05Zoai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/5233Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T16:13:45.564166Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Analyzing Citizen Engagement With European Politics on Social Media |
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Analyzing Citizen Engagement With European Politics on Social Media |
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Analyzing Citizen Engagement With European Politics on Social Media de Wilde, Pieter computational methods; European Union; Facebook; gender; news engagement; populism; social media; Twitter |
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Analyzing Citizen Engagement With European Politics on Social Media |
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Analyzing Citizen Engagement With European Politics on Social Media |
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Analyzing Citizen Engagement With European Politics on Social Media |
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Analyzing Citizen Engagement With European Politics on Social Media |
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Analyzing Citizen Engagement With European Politics on Social Media |
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de Wilde, Pieter |
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de Wilde, Pieter Rasch, Astrid Bossetta, Michael |
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Rasch, Astrid Bossetta, Michael |
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de Wilde, Pieter Rasch, Astrid Bossetta, Michael |
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computational methods; European Union; Facebook; gender; news engagement; populism; social media; Twitter |
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computational methods; European Union; Facebook; gender; news engagement; populism; social media; Twitter |
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Contributions in this thematic issue focus explicitly on citizens and their online engagement with European politics. For social media research in the European Union, citizens remain an understudied actor type in comparison with political elites or news organizations. The reason, we argue, is four key challenges facing social media research in the European Union: legal, ethical, technical, and cultural. To introduce this thematic issue, we outline these four challenges and illustrate how they relate to each contribution. Given that these challenges are unlikely to dissipate, we stress the need for open dialogue about them. A key part of that involves contextualizing research findings within the constraints in which they are produced. Despite these challenges, the contributions showcase that a theoretical and empirical focus on citizens’ social media activity can illuminate key insights into vitally important topics for contemporary Europe. These include civic participation, institutional communication, media consumption, gender inequality, and populism. |
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