Citizen political participation via social media: a case study of Weibo use in Hong Kong’s 2012 Chief Executive Election
Year: 2016
Type: dissertation
Abstract: Research into the citizen political participation via social media is\ndominated by two grand narratives. In the first, new media are seen as\nempowering society, while the second portrays the Internet as the State’s\nultimate tool for manipulating citizens. This research employed content\nanalysis, critical discourse analysis and interview to compare and contrast\nthe nature of political participation and deliberation on Weibo in [Hong\nKong and mainland] and by [VIPs and causal users] on 2012 Hong Kong\nChief Executive Election, and how the online censorship shaped their\npolitical participation and deliberation regarding this case. Mixed methods\nused with theoretical framework (e.g. democracy, digital democracy,\ndeliberative democracy, e-participation and citizenship) in this research\nhas demonstrated the role of Weibo both ‘tool’ ‘forum’ and ‘object’ to\nunderstand deliberative democracy while citizens used for political\nparticipation and deliberation. Dynamic forms of self-censorship\ndemonstrated how the online censorship shaped the citizens’ political\nparticipation and deliberation through dynamic explicit or implicit ways\non Weibo in this case.
Source: Figshare
Author: Yupei Zhao
Language: English
Topic: Social Media and Politics
Subfield: Communication
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: University of Leicester
OpenAlex ID: W2519214477