Author: Peijun Yang

Mobile internet’s effects on political participation

The arrival of the mobile internet era is an innovation of citizens’ participation methods in politics. In the mobile internet environment, citizen’s political participation is an extension of online political participation on the mobile internet, and it is a new form of traditional political participation in the mobile internet era. Mobile internet is a combination […]

Will social media usage lead to political polarization through filter bubbles?

As we know, the development of ICT such as social networking has reduced the cost and time of production and transmission of information, which also includes political information. More and more citizens gather political information and engage in political discussions through social media. With more options, individuals may choose to consume only content that accords […]

How different network types are shaped: basing on infomediation and vertical integration

Marc Smith, Lee Rainie, Ben Shneiderman, and Itai Himelboim found six conversational archetypes on Twitter conversation networks. We are going to discuss how and why these different archetypes are formed and will mainly focus on the influence of infomediation and vertical integration. First, we will choose two different types of graphs and discuss their properties. […]