Good girls don't comment on politics? Gendered character of online political participation in the Czech Republic
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11230%2F16%3A10311931" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11230/16:10311931 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2015.1088881" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2015.1088881</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2015.1088881" target="_blank" >10.1080/1369118X.2015.1088881</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Good girls don't comment on politics? Gendered character of online political participation in the Czech Republic
Original language description
The article aims to contribute to the still relatively unexplored area of the relationship between gender and online political participation. Using two complementary methods - a representative, postelection survey of the adult Czech population and a content analysis of communication on the selected Czech political parties' Facebook profiles during the campaign for the 2013 Parliamentary Elections - we attempt to challenge some established assumptions regarding the allegedly equalizing effect of the Internet and social media on participatory behaviour of men and women. While survey data discovered subtle yet statistically significant differences between men and women in some online expressive activities on Facebook, mainly commenting on other users' statuses, content analysis further revealed that there are not only notable gender gaps among the Facebook users who commented on the campaign, but also differences in the tone of communication produced by the respective gender groups, with men posting more negative comments addressed to parties as well as to other Facebook users. We suggest that these results question the prevailing perception about the narrowing of the 'gender gap' in the online environment and call for a more nuanced methodological approach to different forms of online political expression.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
AJ - Literature, mass media, audio-visual activities
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA14-05575S" target="_blank" >GA14-05575S: The role of social media in transformation of political communication and citizen participation in the Czech Republic</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2016
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Information Communication and Society
ISSN
1369-118X
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
19
Issue of the periodical within the volume
10
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
19
Pages from-to
1321-1339
UT code for WoS article
000377823300001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-84945206838