Social Media, Political Discussion, and Political Protest: A Case Study of the 2018 Political Protests in Iran

IF 0.6 Q3 COMMUNICATION

KOME-An International Journal of Pure Communication Inquiry Pub Date : 2019-01-01 DOI:10.17646/kome.75672.33

Mahmoudreza Rahbarqazi, Seyed Morteza Noei Baghban

引用次数: 4

Abstract

The present paper examines the role of social media as a platform for political discussion and its effects on political protest. Social media users are expected to increase their political discussion within these social media, which will also boost their protest spirit in society. The statistical population of the study is Mashhad, the second-largest city in Iran, where 860 people were analyzed as a sample. The results depict that social media, either directly or indirectly, through the mediating variable of political discussion, reinforces the tendency to protest in society. Moreover, using social media for social interaction does not directly impact political protest, but this variable can indirectly increase the inclination to protest in society through the mediating variable of political discussion.

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社交媒体，政治讨论和政治抗议:2018年伊朗政治抗议的案例研究

本文考察了社交媒体作为政治讨论平台的作用及其对政治抗议的影响。预计社交媒体用户将在这些社交媒体上增加他们的政治讨论，这也将提高他们在社会上的抗议精神。该研究的统计人口是伊朗第二大城市马什哈德，860人作为样本进行了分析。研究结果表明，社交媒体通过政治讨论这一中介变量，直接或间接地强化了社会中的抗议倾向。此外，使用社交媒体进行社会互动并不直接影响政治抗议，但这一变量可以通过政治讨论这一中介变量间接增加社会的抗议倾向。

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KOME-An International Journal of Pure Communication Inquiry COMMUNICATION-

CiteScore

1.20

自引率

28.60%

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审稿时长

15 weeks

期刊介绍： KOME is a theory and pure research-oriented journal of communication studies and related fields. Therefore theoretical researches and discussions that help to understand better, or reconceptualize the understanding of communication or the media are its center of interests; being either an useful supplement to, or a reasonable alternative to current models and theories. Given the connection between theory and empirical research, we are open to submissions of empirical papers if the research demonstrates a clear endorsement of communication and media theories. We are also committed to the ideas of trans- and interdisciplinarity and prefer topics that are relevant for more than one special discipline of social sciences. Articles published in KOME should represent the diversity that comprises the study of communication and related disciplines, regardless of philosophical paradigms and in favor of methodological pluralism. KOME encourage the use of non-sexist language in research writing.