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Why We Should Distinguish Between Mobilization and Participation When Investigating Social Media
Media and Communication, 2023 In the recent past, social media has become a central channel and means for political and societal mobilization. Mobilization refers to the process by which political parties, politicians, social movements, activists, and other political and social ...
Jörg Haßler +2 more
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Nordicom Review, 2015 While observers have focused on the political use of social media when exploring their democratic potential, we know little about users’ perceptions of these media.
Segaard Signe Bock
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Politicians’ Facial Width-to-Height Ratio and their Electoral Success
Psychological Topics, 2020 Previous studies have shown that during the election process voters rely on different physical characteristics of political candidates. For example, politicians who are perceived as more competent have greater electoral success.
Irena Pavela Banai +2 more
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Trust in government: What’s news media got to do with it?
Studies in Communication Sciences, 2018 In modern democracies, trust in government is a key indicator of political legitimacy and stability. Drawing from theories of media effects, we investigated whether using traditional media has a negative (media malaise hypothesis) or a positive (virtuous
Frank Marcinkowski, Christopher Starke
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Žurnalistikos Tyrimai, 2023 Voters tend to criticise and punish the ruling party for mistakes made during the term of office and therefore never vote for the same party twice in a row.
Iveta Danieliūtė
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Environmental Research: Food SystemsMeat taxes could reduce emissions and improve health but risks facing opposition due to concerns about fairness, effectiveness, and autonomy. While policy-specific beliefs influence attitudes, less is known about how specific arguments in the public ...
E Ejelöv +3 more
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Environmental and Occupational Health Practice, 2020 Objectives: To narratively review the presence and treatments of mental health problems among high-level political leaders. These questions have been noted in few epidemiologically sound studies and in the media.
Matti Isohanni
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Disability Studies Quarterly, 2014 In the modern era, discerning TV viewers know the shows that trade in cheap laughs by making fun of people with disabilities are not tapping into much creativity. So it was a surprise in 2008 when the highly regarded comedy show Saturday Night Live (SNL)
Beth Haller, Amy Bree Becker
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Frontiers in PsychiatryBackgroundHigh levels of harassment and threats against parliamentarians are being reported internationally, especially in the social media space. This is occurring alongside changes in our social landscape, with increasing political polarisation and the
Susanna Every-Palmer +4 more
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The European Journal of Humour Research, 2017 The present study attempts to combine Raskin’s (1985) and Davies’ (2011) methodological approaches to political jokes to investigate Greek political jokes targeting politicians and circulated during the first 4 years of the Greek crisis.
Villy Tsakona
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