[언론정보 Communications 전공] Effects of the affordances of social media on the cultural identity of social movements. A case study of Anti-Extradition Bill Protests of 2019 in Hong Kong

소개

커뮤니케이션(언론정보학) 전공 석사과정 에세이 입니다! 홍콩시위 사태 사례들어 소셜미디어의 affordance에 대해 분석한 에세이입니다. (하버드양식)

목차

1.Introduction
2.Theoretical Framework
3.Role of social media in the development of a culture of connectivity
4.Role of social media in the development of creating collective claims
5.Role of social media in facilitating protestor’s identity formation
6.Role of social media in protestor recruitment and designing recruitment strategies
7.Sidestepping conventional media gatekeepers
8.Denigration of a social movement’s cultural identity and values
9.Conclusion

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In the last decade, social media platforms have been credited for increasing the civic engagement of citizens globally, and in the process facilitating greater level of activism (Zheng, 2016). Current evidence suggests that more people are using social media tools in civic or political engagement. In some societies today, like in the case of Chinese society where media censorship is customary, access to social media platforms are fast becoming a significant resource for ensuring successful social movement. While the exact number of people using social media for purposes of digital activist is imprecise, more than 674 million people in China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, as a whole are social media users. This makes China the world’s largest social media market, in spite of government censorship (Blazyte, 2019). Because of the importance of social media in enabling environmental

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