Personalised campaigns in party-centred politics: facebook and instagram as arena for political communication
Social media like Facebook and Instagram place the focus on the individual politician rather than the political party, thereby expanding the political arena for increased personalised campaigning. The need to use social media to communicate a personal image as a politician...
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my.iium.irep.776932020-01-23T07:59:20Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/77693/ Personalised campaigns in party-centred politics: facebook and instagram as arena for political communication Wan Mohd Ghazali, Wan Norshira Mohamed, Shafizan Mohd Nasir, Nur Shakira Abdul Manan, Kamaruzzaman H Social Sciences (General) H61.8 Communication of information H93 Popular works JQ719 Elections in Malaysia Social media like Facebook and Instagram place the focus on the individual politician rather than the political party, thereby expanding the political arena for increased personalised campaigning. The need to use social media to communicate a personal image as a politician and to post personalised messages online seems less obvious in a party-centred system of Malaysian politics. Within this framework, the personalised and dialogical aspects of social media may be contradicted with the political parties’ structural communication strategies. The study uses data from content analyses of eight Malaysian politicians’ Facebook and Instagram accounts during the 14thGeneral Election in Malaysia. The study adopts quantitative approach by presenting descriptive and exploratory analyses. The findings show that politiciansdepended more on Facebook as their personal media platform and used Instagram as an image booster. The study explains that different features offer by Facebook and Instagram serve as a determinant for politicians’ decision in using them.The study concludes that both Facebook and Instagram push for personalisation in political communication that requires private exposure and individual initiatives. Overall, the study shows that like other world leaders, Malaysian politicians are keeping abreast with the technology in reaching out various segments of the society for political communicationon social media. IIUM 2019-12-30 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/77693/1/77693_Personalised%20Campaigns%20in%20Party-Centred%20Politics_article.pdf Wan Mohd Ghazali, Wan Norshira and Mohamed, Shafizan and Mohd Nasir, Nur Shakira and Abdul Manan, Kamaruzzaman (2019) Personalised campaigns in party-centred politics: facebook and instagram as arena for political communication. IIUM Journal of Human Sciences, 1 (2). pp. 52-64. ISSN 2682-8731 https://journals.iium.edu.my/irkh/index.php/ijohs/article/view/71 |
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Social media like Facebook and Instagram place the focus on the individual politician rather than the political party, thereby expanding the political arena for increased personalised campaigning. The need to use social media to communicate a personal image as a politician and to post personalised messages online seems less obvious in a party-centred system of Malaysian politics. Within this framework, the personalised and dialogical aspects of social media may be contradicted with the political parties’ structural communication strategies. The study uses data from content analyses of eight Malaysian politicians’ Facebook and Instagram accounts during the 14thGeneral Election in Malaysia. The study adopts quantitative approach by presenting descriptive and exploratory analyses. The findings show that politiciansdepended more on Facebook as their personal media platform and used Instagram as an image booster. The study explains that different features offer by Facebook and Instagram serve as a determinant for politicians’ decision in using them.The study concludes that both Facebook and Instagram push for personalisation in political communication that requires private exposure and individual initiatives. Overall, the study shows that like other world leaders, Malaysian politicians are keeping abreast with the technology in reaching out various segments of the society for political communicationon social media. |
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