عنوان

Citizen political participation via social media :

Number

TLets694171

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Citizen political participation via social media :

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[Thesis]

First Statement of Responsibility

Zhao, Yupei

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a case study of Weibo use in Hong Kong's 2012 Chief Executive Election

Subsequent Statement of Responsibility

Campbell, Vincent ; Touri, Maria

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

University of Leicester

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2016

Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree

Ph.D.

Body granting the degree

University of Leicester

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2016

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Research into the citizen political participation via social media is dominated by two grand narratives. In the first, new media are seen as empowering society, while the second portrays the Internet as the State's ultimate tool for manipulating citizens. This research employed content analysis, critical discourse analysis and interview to compare and contrast the nature of political participation and deliberation on Weibo in [Hong Kong and mainland] and by [VIPs and causal users] on 2012 Hong Kong Chief Executive Election, and how the online censorship shaped their political participation and deliberation regarding this case. Mixed methods used with theoretical framework (e.g. democracy, digital democracy, deliberative democracy, e-participation and citizenship) in this research has demonstrated the role of Weibo both 'tool' 'forum' and 'object' to understand deliberative democracy while citizens used for political participation and deliberation. Dynamic forms of self-censorship demonstrated how the online censorship shaped the citizens' political participation and deliberation through dynamic explicit or implicit ways on Weibo in this case.

citizen participation

deliberative democracy

Democracy

digital democracy

Zhao, Yupei

Touri, Maria

Campbell, Vincent

University of Leicester

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[Thesis]

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