Political Participation on Social Media

Elizabeth Anne Bailey completed her PhD at the University of Bedfordshire, UK. Before this, she worked for more than two decades in the UK Civil Service where she specialised in public communications strategy and management, managing major national communications campaigns. She currently works in local government and is a political campaigns ambassador for a large national charity.

“The greatest contribution of Political Participation on Social Media: The Lived Experience of Online Debate is that it provides a clear interdisciplinary context for future scholarship on the many human factors that affect political participation. It is a highly recommended resource with several implications in an academic and political context in politics, communication, media, psychology, and journalism disciplines and professions alike.” (Jade Larson, Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Vol. 100 (2), 2023)

• 1.Introduction.- 2.The internet, social media, and politics.- 3.Human factors.- 4.Behaviour.- 5.Belief, identity, and the presentation of self.- 6.Crosstalk: Emotion and misunderstanding in online debate.- 7.Self-understanding of participation.- 8.Perceptions of efficacy.- 9.Experience of major UK debates.- 10.Into the labyrinth: Media through a social media lens.- 11.Conclusion.