Walking the party line? The determinants of facebook's adoption and use by Czech parliamentarians

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11230%2F16%3A10332701" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11230/16:10332701 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.20901/ms.7.14.11" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.20901/ms.7.14.11</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.20901/ms.7.14.11" target="_blank" >10.20901/ms.7.14.11</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Walking the party line? The determinants of facebook's adoption and use by Czech parliamentarians

Original language description

The last few years have witnessed an intensified academic debate on the potential of online social networking sites (SNSs) in the Czech Republic. However, the ensuing academic discussions focused mostly on the SNS pages of political parties. Politicians in particular have recently become the focus of attention in the shift towards research exploring the use of SNSs. The aim of this paper is to provide insight into the role of Facebook in the communication of parties and candidates during the Czech parliamentary elections in 2013. We analyse the adoption of Facebook as a mobilization tool by seven parties as well as by 200 individual deputies, looking for similarities and differences in terms of the adoption, strategy and engagement of users. Although party influence seems to be a significant predictor of Facebook adoption, our data also indicate that using other digital channels increases the chances of higher engagement on Facebook at the individual level.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - 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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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)

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Medijske Studije

ISSN

1847-9758

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

7

Issue of the periodical within the volume

14

Country of publishing house

HR - CROATIA

Number of pages

19

Pages from-to

157-175

UT code for WoS article

000393187100011

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85007550346