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Understanding the online relationship between politicians and citizens. A study on the user engagement of politicians’ Facebook posts in election and routine periods 理解政治家和公民之间的网络关系。选举期和日常期政治家Facebook帖子的用户参与度研究
IF 2.6 2区 社会学 Q1 COMMUNICATION Pub Date : 2022-02-17 DOI: 10.1080/19331681.2022.2029791
J. Peeters, M. Opgenhaffen, Tim Kreutz, Peter van Aelst
ABSTRACT Social media have offered politicians a way to reach a broader audience and citizens a dynamic way to respond and interact with politicians’ communication. In this study we focus on how two important dimensions of the social media messages of politicians impact different types of user engagement: the distinction between political and private posts and the degree of emotionality of the post. Additionally, we compare the amount and types of interaction between routine periods and election periods. Supported by automatic data gathering and coding we analyze all Facebook posts of 124 Belgian politicians for a period of more than two years (N = 34,408). Our results indicate that different types of Facebook posts lead to different types of user engagement. Private posts generate more reactions, while political posts are more often shared and commented on. Additionally, Facebook posts with positive, and, negative emotional language garner more interaction than those with less emotionality. Finally, during election campaigns both politicians and citizens are more active. There is a proliferation of the amount of Facebook messages that politicians post, and these messages also score higher on engagement.
摘要社交媒体为政治家提供了一种接触更广泛受众的方式,为公民提供了一个动态的方式来回应和互动政治家的沟通。在这项研究中,我们重点关注政治家社交媒体信息的两个重要维度如何影响不同类型的用户参与:政治帖子和私人帖子之间的区别以及帖子的情绪化程度。此外,我们还比较了常规时段和选举时段之间的互动数量和类型。在自动数据收集和编码的支持下,我们分析了124名比利时政客在两年多的时间里在Facebook上发布的所有帖子(N=34408)。我们的研究结果表明,不同类型的Facebook帖子会导致不同类型的用户参与。私人帖子会引起更多的反应,而政治帖子则更经常被分享和评论。此外,脸书上使用积极和消极情绪语言的帖子比那些情绪化程度较低的帖子获得了更多的互动。最后,在竞选期间,政治家和公民都更加积极。政客们在脸书上发布的信息数量激增,这些信息的参与度也更高。
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引用次数: 5
Imagineering a new way of governing: the blockchain and res publica 设想一种新的治理方式:bbb和res publica
IF 2.6 2区 社会学 Q1 COMMUNICATION Pub Date : 2022-02-17 DOI: 10.1080/19331681.2022.2028695
O. Bychkova, Artyom Kosmarski
ABSTRACT Blockchain technologies loom large among the controversial topics of public debate. Like any technology, blockchain offers various ways to imagine alternative models of politics and society. Arguably, the most common interpretation treats it as the technology for techno-anarchism and a tool for total decentralization. This paper focuses on an overlooked genealogy of the politics of the blockchain – the classic republican theory. We consider whether republican practices could shed light on certain aspects of blockchain communities and understand their governance better. Our paper offers a historical analysis of governance visions inscribed in Bitcoin and Ethereum, arguably the most influential applications.
bb0技术是公众辩论中备受争议的话题之一。像任何技术一样,b区块链提供了多种方式来想象政治和社会的替代模式。可以说,最常见的解释将其视为技术无政府主义的技术和完全去中心化的工具。本文的重点是一个被忽视的政治谱系的bbb -经典共和理论。我们考虑共和党的做法是否能揭示区块链社区的某些方面,并更好地理解他们的治理。我们的论文对比特币和以太坊(可以说是最有影响力的应用程序)中所包含的治理愿景进行了历史分析。
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引用次数: 1
The politics of AI: democracy and authoritarianism in developing countries 人工智能的政治:发展中国家的民主与威权主义
IF 2.6 2区 社会学 Q1 COMMUNICATION Pub Date : 2022-02-02 DOI: 10.1080/19331681.2021.2016543
Fernando Filgueiras
ABSTRACT Developing AI technologies has been a priority for governments worldwide, mobilizing actors to build strategies and policies to accelerate and deploy AI in industry, markets, and governments. With that in mind, this paper analyzes the causal mechanism between political regimes’ institutional dynamics and AI’s development. Specifically, it compares 30 developing countries to understand the political and governance dynamics that explain the outcomes achieved with AI policy. Delving into the relationship between politics and policy, this paper reflects on how different institutional frameworks produce different results in terms of AI development. The research was based on data from the Bertelsmann Stiftung’s Transformation Index (BTI) and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), using fuzzy-set quantitative comparative analysis (QCA) to analyze cases. The findings point to authoritarian countries performing better in producing AI development outcomes.
开发人工智能技术一直是世界各国政府的优先事项,动员各方制定战略和政策,以加速人工智能在工业、市场和政府中的部署。有鉴于此,本文分析了政治体制的制度动态与人工智能发展之间的因果机制。具体而言,它比较了30个发展中国家,以了解解释人工智能政策取得成果的政治和治理动态。本文深入研究了政治与政策之间的关系,反思了不同的制度框架如何在人工智能发展方面产生不同的结果。该研究基于贝塔斯曼基金会(Bertelsmann Stiftung)的转型指数(BTI)和经济合作与发展组织(OECD)的数据,使用模糊集定量比较分析(QCA)来分析案例。研究结果表明,专制国家在产生人工智能发展成果方面表现更好。
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引用次数: 3
Computer-mediated political expression: A conceptual framework of technological affordances and individual tradeoffs 计算机介导的政治表达:技术支持和个人权衡的概念框架
IF 2.6 2区 社会学 Q1 COMMUNICATION Pub Date : 2022-02-01 DOI: 10.1080/19331681.2022.2028694
German Neubaum, Brian E. Weeks
ABSTRACT Digital media provide individuals platforms to express political views. Despite the significant scholarly attention to how and why political expression occurs through technologies and to what effect, research remains fragmented in its theoretical frameworks. The present work synthesizes research on computer-mediated communication and political communication to offer a framework that describes theoretically (a) which technological affordances lead (b) to which psychological processes with (c) which politically relevant actions. We address these questions in the context of four different technological affordances. In doing so, we emphasize the psychological cost-benefit calculations that occur when deciding whether to engage in political expression online.
摘要数字媒体为个人提供了表达政治观点的平台。尽管学术界对政治表达如何以及为什么通过技术发生以及产生什么影响给予了极大的关注,但研究的理论框架仍然支离破碎。本工作综合了计算机媒介传播和政治传播的研究,提供了一个框架,从理论上描述(a)哪些技术启示导致(b)哪些心理过程和(c)哪些政治相关行动。我们在四种不同的技术启示的背景下解决这些问题。在这样做的过程中,我们强调了在决定是否在网上进行政治表达时所进行的心理成本效益计算。
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引用次数: 8
Neural blockchain technology for a new anticorruption token: towards a novel governance model 一种新型反腐代币的神经区块链技术:走向一种新的治理模式
IF 2.6 2区 社会学 Q1 COMMUNICATION Pub Date : 2022-01-17 DOI: 10.1080/19331681.2022.2027317
Francisco Luis Benítez-Martínez, E. Romero-Frías, M. V. Hurtado-Torres
ABSTRACT Blockchain technology currently represents a great opportunity for e-government in general and for public procurement in particular, given their financial implications and potential political and social risks. Blockchain technology facilitates the procedures and processes of administrative records via smart contracts because of properties such as timeproof sealing and data record immutability. In the present paper, we present a truthfulness governance approach which uses a permissioned model based on neural blockchain technology and smart contracts to create blocks within which all information is held in an on-chain consensus system to avoid corruption in the field of public procurement. Our proposal represents a scalable, efficient, innovative solution that is aligned with Sustainable Development Goal requirements and constitutes a ‘Decentralized Autonomous Organization’ in itself. Our model highlights the benefits of blockchain technology in terms of transparency, immutability, security, inclusiveness and disintermediation in order to create new anticorruption policies and technical solutions.
摘要考虑到区块链技术的财务影响以及潜在的政治和社会风险,区块链技术目前为电子政务,尤其是公共采购提供了一个巨大的机遇。区块链技术通过智能合约简化了行政记录的程序和流程,因为它具有时效性密封和数据记录不变性等特性。在本文中,我们提出了一种真实性治理方法,该方法使用基于神经区块链技术和智能合约的许可模型来创建区块,其中所有信息都保存在链上共识系统中,以避免公共采购领域的腐败。我们的提案是一个可扩展、高效、创新的解决方案,符合可持续发展目标的要求,本身就是一个“去中心化自治组织”。我们的模型突出了区块链技术在透明度、不变性、安全性、包容性和非中介性方面的优势,以创建新的反腐政策和技术解决方案。
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引用次数: 2
Selective rating: partisan bias in crowdsourced news rating systems 选择性评级:众包新闻评级系统中的党派偏见
IF 2.6 2区 社会学 Q1 COMMUNICATION Pub Date : 2022-01-17 DOI: 10.1080/19331681.2021.1997867
Megan Duncan
ABSTRACT Crowdsourced news rating systems have been suggested as a solution to reducing the amount of misinformation online audiences see. This study expands previous research crowdsourcing by looking at how characteristics of the rating system affect user behavior. In an experiment (N= 1,021), two parameters of the rating system were manipulated. First, users were shown different varieties of news brands on the “menu” they were asked to rate. Second, participation was mandatory for half and voluntary for others. Results indicate partisans rated more news brands when they saw an ideologically dissimilar news menu than one that matched their ideology. Further, the trustworthiness rating of the mainstream news menu decreased when participants had a choice to participate rather than were forced. These results have important implications for understanding how users participate in crowdsourcing news credibility.
众包新闻评级系统被认为是减少在线受众看到的错误信息数量的一种解决方案。这项研究通过观察评分系统的特征如何影响用户行为,扩展了之前的众包研究。在一个实验(N= 1,021)中,对评分系统的两个参数进行了操作。首先,在“菜单”上向用户展示了不同种类的新闻品牌,并要求他们进行评分。第二,一半的人是强制性的,另一半是自愿的。结果表明,当他们看到意识形态不同的新闻菜单时,他们对新闻品牌的评价要高于与自己意识形态相符的新闻菜单。此外,当参与者有选择参与而不是被迫参与时,主流新闻菜单的可信度评级下降。这些结果对于理解用户如何参与众包新闻可信度具有重要意义。
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引用次数: 1
Harass, mislead, & polarize: An analysis of Twitter political bots’ tactics in targeting the immigration debate before the 2018 U.S. midterm election 骚扰、误导和两极分化:对2018年美国中期选举前针对移民辩论的Twitter政治机器人策略的分析
IF 2.6 2区 社会学 Q1 COMMUNICATION Pub Date : 2021-12-20 DOI: 10.1080/19331681.2021.2004287
Brandie Nonnecke, Gisela Perez de Acha, A. Choi, Camille Crittenden, F. G. Gutiérrez Cortés, Alejandro Fornelli Martín del Campo, O. Miranda-Villanueva
ABSTRACT This study investigates the interaction and messaging tactics of political Twitter bots before an election. We analyzed the strategies of influential bots seeking to affect the immigration debate before the 2018 U.S. midterm elections. Our findings reveal that the 10 most influential bots in our dataset all presented an anti-immigration viewpoint, and both posted original tweets and retweeted other bot accounts’ tweets to give a false sense of authenticity and anti-immigration consensus. Bots’ messages relied heavily on negative emotional appeals by spreading harassing language and disinformation likely intended to evoke fear toward immigrants. Such accounts also employed polarizing language to entrench political group identity and provoke partisanship. Our findings help to understand the interaction and messaging tactics employed by political bots and suggest potential strategies that may be employed to counter their effectiveness.
本研究调查了选举前政治推特机器人的互动和信息策略。我们分析了有影响力的机器人在2018年美国中期选举前试图影响移民辩论的策略。我们的研究结果显示,在我们的数据集中,10个最具影响力的机器人都提出了反移民的观点,并且都发布了原创推文,并转发了其他机器人账户的推文,以给人一种虚假的真实性和反移民共识。机器人的信息严重依赖于负面情绪诉求,传播骚扰性语言和虚假信息,可能意在唤起对移民的恐惧。这些报道还使用两极分化的语言来巩固政治群体的身份,挑起党派之争。我们的研究结果有助于理解政治机器人所采用的互动和信息策略,并提出可能用于对抗其有效性的潜在策略。
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引用次数: 4
What explains popular support for government monitoring in China? 中国民众支持政府监控的原因是什么?
IF 2.6 2区 社会学 Q1 COMMUNICATION Pub Date : 2021-12-02 DOI: 10.1080/19331681.2021.1997868
Zheng Su, Xu Xu, Xun Cao
ABSTRACT Discussions of China’s recent massive surveillance initiative often present it as evidence of a path to an Orwellian state with omnipresent fear and discontent among its citizens. However, based on a 2018 survey of a nationally representative sample, this paper finds that a large majority of Chinese citizens support various forms of state surveillance. CCTV surveillance receives the highest support (82.2%), followed by e-mail and Internet monitoring (61.1%). Even the most intrusive policy – collecting intelligence on everyone in the country – receives support from more than 53% of citizens. Further, support for surveillance is positively associated with an individual’s preference for social stability, regime satisfaction, and, to a lesser extent, trust in government. Unlike in Western societies, concerns about information exposure and terrorism do not have any significant correlations with citizens’ attitudes toward surveillance in China. These findings might help explain why the Chinese state can expand its surveillance capacity without much open resistance from the public.
摘要关于中国最近大规模监控举措的讨论经常将其视为通往奥威尔式国家的证据,奥威尔式的国家公民普遍存在恐惧和不满。然而,基于2018年对全国代表性样本的调查,本文发现,绝大多数中国公民支持各种形式的国家监控。CCTV监控获得的支持率最高(82.2%),其次是电子邮件和互联网监控(61.1%)。即使是最具侵入性的政策——收集全国所有人的情报——也得到了53%以上公民的支持。此外,对监控的支持与个人对社会稳定、政权满意度的偏好呈正相关,在较小程度上与对政府的信任呈正相关。与西方社会不同,对信息暴露和恐怖主义的担忧与中国公民对监控的态度没有任何显著相关性。这些发现可能有助于解释为什么中国政府可以在没有公众公开抵制的情况下扩大其监控能力。
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引用次数: 12
Revisiting the nexus of Internet and political participation: a longitudinal study of environmental petition in China 重新审视互联网与政治参与的关系:对中国环境请愿的纵向研究
IF 2.6 2区 社会学 Q1 COMMUNICATION Pub Date : 2021-11-29 DOI: 10.1080/19331681.2021.1997866
Shuning Lu, Tse-min Lin
ABSTRACT The political implications of the Internet remain as a long-debated question. To clarify this puzzle, this study draws on insights from political opportunity structure theory and three prompts for political action in the digital media environment to examine how the development of the Internet is related to environmental petition, a type of citizen-initiated political activity in the state realm in China. Using government statistics from multiple sources, we conducted time-series cross-sectional analyses to estimate the impacts of Internet penetration on environmental petition in China’s 31 provinces over a 13-year period (2003–2015). The findings show that Internet penetration had a long-term negative effect on visit petition but a positive one on letter petition. Implications of the findings and future research directions are discussed.
摘要互联网的政治含义仍然是一个争论已久的问题。为了澄清这一困惑,本研究借鉴了政治机会结构理论和数字媒体环境中政治行动的三个提示,考察了互联网的发展与环境请愿的关系,环境请愿是中国国家领域公民发起的一种政治活动。利用来自多个来源的政府统计数据,我们进行了时间序列横断面分析,以估计中国31个省份在13年期间(2003-2015)互联网普及对环境请愿的影响。研究结果表明,网络渗透对信访具有长期的负面影响,但对信访具有正向影响。讨论了研究结果的意义和未来的研究方向。
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引用次数: 1
Government websites as data: a methodological pipeline with application to the websites of municipalities in the United States 政府网站作为数据:应用于美国市政当局网站的方法管道
IF 2.6 2区 社会学 Q1 COMMUNICATION Pub Date : 2021-11-24 DOI: 10.1080/19331681.2021.1999880
M. Neumann, Fridolin Linder, B. Desmarais
ABSTRACT The content of a government’s website is an important source of information about policy priorities, procedures, and services. Existing research on government websites has relied on manual methods of website content collection and processing, which imposes cost limitations on the scale of website data collection. In this research note, we propose that the automated collection of website content from large samples of government websites can offer relief from the costs of manual collection, and enable contributions through large-scale comparative analyses. We also provide software to ease the use of this data collection method. In an illustrative application, we collect textual content from the websites of over two hundred municipal governments in the United States, and study how website content is associated with mayoral partisanship. Using statistical topic modeling, we find that the partisanship of the mayor predicts differences in the contents of city websites that align with differences in the platforms of Democrats and Republicans. The application illustrates the utility of website content data extracted via our methodological pipeline.
政府网站的内容是有关政策重点、程序和服务的重要信息来源。现有的政府网站研究依赖于人工的网站内容收集和处理方法,这对网站数据收集的规模造成了成本限制。在本研究报告中,我们提出,从政府网站的大样本中自动收集网站内容可以减轻人工收集的成本,并通过大规模的比较分析做出贡献。我们还提供软件来简化这种数据收集方法的使用。在一个说明性应用程序中,我们从美国200多个市政府的网站中收集文本内容,并研究网站内容如何与市长党派关系相关联。使用统计主题模型,我们发现市长的党派关系预测了城市网站内容的差异,这些内容与民主党和共和党平台的差异一致。该应用程序说明了通过我们的方法管道提取的网站内容数据的实用性。
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