{"title":"A Long Story Short: An Analysis of Instagram Stories during the 2020 Campaigns","authors":"Terri L. Towner, C. Muñoz","doi":"10.1080/15377857.2022.2099579","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Political campaigns are becoming immensely visual, with many platforms, such as YouTube, Instagram, and SnapChat, employed by candidates. We focus on the second most popular platform, Instagram, examining how the 2020 presidential candidates, Donald Trump and Joe Biden, utilize “Stories” in their digital campaigns. Instagram “Stories” allow users to capture and post related images and videos in a slideshow format that disappears after 24-hours. Yet, how did the candidates utilize the Instagram Story technology affordances, such as location tags, stickers, swipe up/websites, and hashtags? What political messages – attack, behind the scenes, or rally - did the candidates use both before and after Election Day? How do the candidates differ in the Story messages? Through the technology affordances lens, we conduct a quantitative content analysis of Instagram Stories posted by Trump and Biden one week before and after Election Day 2020. Our findings reveal how the possible actions or affordances linked to the “Story” feature allow candidates to communicate and engage with users. We conclude by offering a set of industry recommendations when using Instagram Stories in campaigns.","PeriodicalId":46259,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Political Marketing","volume":"21 1","pages":"221 - 234"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9000,"publicationDate":"2022-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"5","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Political Marketing","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15377857.2022.2099579","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"POLITICAL SCIENCE","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 5
Abstract
ABSTRACT Political campaigns are becoming immensely visual, with many platforms, such as YouTube, Instagram, and SnapChat, employed by candidates. We focus on the second most popular platform, Instagram, examining how the 2020 presidential candidates, Donald Trump and Joe Biden, utilize “Stories” in their digital campaigns. Instagram “Stories” allow users to capture and post related images and videos in a slideshow format that disappears after 24-hours. Yet, how did the candidates utilize the Instagram Story technology affordances, such as location tags, stickers, swipe up/websites, and hashtags? What political messages – attack, behind the scenes, or rally - did the candidates use both before and after Election Day? How do the candidates differ in the Story messages? Through the technology affordances lens, we conduct a quantitative content analysis of Instagram Stories posted by Trump and Biden one week before and after Election Day 2020. Our findings reveal how the possible actions or affordances linked to the “Story” feature allow candidates to communicate and engage with users. We conclude by offering a set of industry recommendations when using Instagram Stories in campaigns.
期刊介绍：
The Journal of Political Marketing aims to be the leading scholarly journal examining the latest developments in the application of marketing methods to politics. As the political world becomes more complex and interwoven, it is imperative for all interested parties to stay abreast of “cutting edge” tools that are used in unique and different ways in countries around the world. The journal goes beyond the application of advertising to politics to study various strategic marketing tools such as: Voter segmentation Candidate positioning Use of multivariate statistical modeling to better understand the thinking and choices made by voters.
京公网安备 11010802042870号
京ICP备2023020795号-1
分享
求助内容：
应助结果提醒方式：
扫码关注我们
