The Roles of Social Media in Politics

From the words of President Barack Obama, "Please call your MP and write an e-mail to them, please use tag # My2K Twitter" (coffee). Social media plays an increasingly important role in today's government. Social media influences elections and has the power to connect people and decision makers in a new way. Social media such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, Flicker, internet sites, blogs, etc. have become mainstream, and younger and more technically savvy voters are gathered.

Literature review by Robert Zepic et al. The role of social media in political change suggests there is no reason to believe that social media is the driving force for democratization. In addition to demonstrators, authoritarian governments themselves are using social media for purposes such as supervision of citizens. Terrorist organizations are also using social media to use media to recruit new fans and promote publicity. Malcolm Gladwell outlined two main reasons why social media can not be regarded as a factor in true social change in his article "Small Change: why the revolution is not a tweet". First, social media leads to low-risk behaviorism based on weak relationships among participants. In other words, users do not actually do something, they can create a sense of political behavior.

For over a decade, the role of social media in politics, election campaigns and elections has become the focus of academic research. The scholars have studied how political candidates, political parties, and citizens use social media during the campaign and how social media influences the political attitudes and behaviors of citizens It was. Despite extensive research, there is no conclusion as there are mixed empirical literature that links social media usage and attention (in particular Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube) to political participation. Several studies show that social media promotes and promotes political and civil engagement, but it is not so. Therefore, in this special issue, the purpose is to further clarify the relevance of social media and political participation. This phone is particularly interested in studying social media platforms with low utilization such as Tumblr, Instagram, Flickr, Pinterest, SnapChat.