• Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.68-78
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• 2021

Political weblogs are as diverse as political viewpoints are. In the period of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, several political crises occurred, such as opposition to the Amnesty Act, the constitutional amendment, and the anti-government protests. Remarkably, during this time, social media were used as a platform for political expressions. This study employed a content analysis method to explore twenty-nine Thai political weblogs established during the period of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's administration. At the time, the most prominent Thai political weblogger was Nidhi Eawsriwong. Not surprisingly, the Pheu Thai Party and the Democrat Party were the most frequently appearing political parties in these weblog's posts. Most contents in these posts were related to government protesters by the People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) and the coup d'état. The purposes of writing such weblogs were to express feelings and thoughts about Thai politics and to provide political information to the general public. The findings from this investigation revealed two significant uses of Thai political weblogs: the communication media for political expressions and viewpoints (a safe online space for political engagement and participation), and vital sources for Thai political information and news (social narratives).

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.31-42
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• 2009

As a development of IT, the most part of societies apply it. Political area is not an exception. Most of candidates, parties and government make web sites to provide political information. But the political information of internet don't have a positive influence to electors always. On the assumption that the people who seek political information from internet are concerned at politics, the fact that the users don't affect at the internet political information demands close investigation. In this study I suggest that the reason is the difference forms of the political information provided from politician with netizen's expectation at the Internet.

• Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.86-101
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• 2022

This research aimed at studying the factors that influence new media exposure of political news by youths in Isan society in Thailand. The target group comprised 1,200 individuals, obtained from multi-stage sampling from undergraduate students in Isan's autonomous universities, governmental universities, and private institutions. The data collection tool was a questionnaire, the content of which was validated by experts. The reliability of the tool was tested by the formula for Cronbach's alpha coefficient, which yielded a reliability of 0.83. Multiple regression analysis was applied to analyze the data. The results, regarding factors influencing the channels for political news exposure, showed that channels for political news exposure were mostly influenced by inner drives, followed by importance in political news exposure, influence from social networks, and specific characteristics of the Internet. This could explain the variation of channels for political news exposure at 46.5%. In terms of factors influencing political news selection, it was found that political news selection was influenced mostly from social networks, followed by inner drives, benefits from political news exposure, specific characteristics of the Internet, and the field of study. The variation of the political news selection could be explained at 44.6%. These results elaborate on the current situation in Thailand, especially in Isan region, where youths in higher education are playing an increasing role in demonstrating their political stance through various political activities.

• 한국언론정보학보
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• 제73권
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• pp.7-34
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• 2015

이 연구는 제 18대 대통령 선거를 전후로 대중화된 정치엔터테인먼트가 시민들 간의 정치대화에 미치는 영향에 주목했다. 특히 정치엔터테인먼트 시청이 정치대화를 촉진할 수 있는 심리적 매개 요인으로 수용자 관여도와 정치정보효능감을 제시했으며, 등장인물과의 동일시와 준사회적 상호작용, 그리고 내용에 대한 몰입 등을 관여도의 하위 차원들로 고려했다. 총 317명을 대상으로 온라인 설문조사를 실시했으며, 이 중 해당 프로그램 시청 경험이 있는 273명을 분석 대상으로 삼았다. 분석 결과, 엔터테인먼트 포맷 위에 정치 메시지를 얹는 오락성이 강한 프로그램만이 시청자의 동일시와 몰입 수준을 높였으며, 이 중 동일시 경험은 정치지식에 대한 효능감을 증진시켰다. 나아가 이용자의 정치정보효능감은 정치대화 참여의사와 정치적 이견에 대한 경청의사에 긍정적인 효과를 나타냈다. 그러나 정치엔터테인먼트 시청이 동일시와 효능감을 매개로 정치대화나 이견경청에 미치는 간접적인 효과는 통계적으로 유의하지 않았다. 정치엔터테인먼트 시청은 정치정보효능감을 매개로 정치대화에 대한 참여적인 태도를 제고하는 것으로 나타났다.

• International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.25-30
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• 2016

User-generated content (UGC) satirizing the presidential candidates was widespread during the 2016 election in Taiwan. Using an experimental design, this study explored the predictors of viewer agreement to satirical UGC, and its influence on viewer attitudes towards candidates after watching the satirical videos from YouTube. Results showed that participants' agreement with the satirical UGC was predicted by their political cynicism and political information efficacy, but not by candidate favorability. Watching the UGC satirizing the presidential candidates effected the favorability toward the male candidates but not the female candidate. In addition, the evidence suggested that the frequency of exposure to satirical UGC is related to political information efficacy, but not with political cynicism or candidate favorability.

• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.22-40
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• 2016

Political activities through social networking service (SNS) are common in the political communication environment. The main aim of this study is to present logical and empirical evidence on the effects of politicians' SNS activities. To achieve this goal, this research analyzed the relationship between the SNS activities of politicians and the political efficacy and political participation of citizens through a survey of 644 people. The results of the survey analysis showed that politicians' SNS activities have a positive effect on both the internal and external efficacies of citizens and that these efficacies positively influence political participation. This finding means that the SNS activities of politicians promote political participation by increasing the political efficacy of citizens and states. The results also suggest that SNS, with its characteristics of communication and interaction, plays a crucial role as a political communication medium. Therefore, with SNS, a variety of information sources on politics can be offered, suggestions from citizens can be embraced, and such suggestions can be revealed to politicians as a means of promoting political efficacy and participation.

• Asian Journal for Public Opinion Research
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.1-22
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• 2019

In the age of continuous media change and the coexistence of multiple forms of media, the relationship between the public's media use and political participation is an urgent area of study. This paper makes use of large national sample surveys from 2002, 2011, and 2015, summarizes the change of the public's media use by descriptive statistics analysis, and finds that while the Internet has become an important communication channel, the use of Internet for political information and political participation is still overestimated. Compared to the weak impact of different media channels for political information on political participation, the frequency of media exposure and Internet use play a significant role in political participation. Because of the negative effect of the frequency of Internet use on political participation, the democratization function of the Internet needs to be treated with caution. This paper describes media use and its roles in contemporary China, analyzes the impact of media use on political participation, and extends the cross-cultural application of the theory of political communication.

• Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.27-43
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• 2009

A ban on political podcasting during the General Elections 2006 in Singapore was justified by the Singaporean government on the grounds that the new medium had a greater power to influence voters than traditional modes of political discourse. A between-subjects controlled experiment was conducted to test whether podcasts of political speeches had a greater power to influence voters' evaluations of political candidates and likelihood of voting for them than online text-based transcripts of the same speeches. The study also examined whether mere exposure to political speeches online, irrespective of the modality, had an effect on voters' more general political preferences, i.e. the likelihood of support and voting for the opposition. The findings suggest that political podcasts were no more persuasive than text-based websites and that the effects on political preferences, if any, were likely due the exposure to political content online, not because of the nature of the medium. The implications of the findings are discussed.

• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.217-223
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• 2024

The current study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of using Support Vector Machine (SVM) for political affiliation classification. The system was designed to analyze the political tweets collected from Twitter and classify them as positive, negative, and neutral. The performance analysis of the SVM classifier was based on the calculation of metrics such as accuracy, precision, recall, and f1-score. The results showed that the classifier had high accuracy and f1-score, indicating its effectiveness in classifying the political tweets. The implementation of SVM in this study is based on the principle of Structural Risk Minimization (SRM), which endeavors to identify the maximum margin hyperplane between two classes of data. The results indicate that SVM can be a reliable classification approach for the analysis of political affiliations, possessing the capability to accurately categorize both linear and non-linear information using linear, polynomial or radial basis kernels. This paper provides a comprehensive overview of using SVM for political affiliation analysis and highlights the importance of using accurate classification methods in the field of political analysis.

• 한국심리학회지 : 문화 및 사회문제
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.289-310
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• 2010

본 연구는 유권자 연구에서의 정치관심도와 정치이념성향, 그리고 판단/결정 연구에서의 정보탐색목표를 독립변수로 선정하고, 정보탐색양, 탐색패턴, 탐색정보유형을 통해 유권자의 정보탐색행동을 살펴보았다. 실험결과, 탐색양의 경우, 정확목표를 가진 유권자가 보존목표를 가진 유권자에 비해 탐색양이 유의하게 많았다. 탐색패턴의 경우, 대부분의 실험참가자는 속성중심의 탐색패턴을 보였다. 탐색정보의 종류의 경우, 모든 조건에서 유권자는 사회정책을 가장 많이 보았다. 또한 정치관심도가 낮으면서 진보이념을 가진 실험참가자는 대부분의 정보종류에 더 많은 관심을 가지는 반면, 정치관심도가 높으면서 보수이념을 가진 참가자는 정책에 대한 정보에 높은 관심을 가지는 것으로 나타났다.