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TitleA study of political blogs in Singapore: Characteristics, interactivities, and relational maintenance
Creator林翠絹
Contributor廣電系
Key WordsPolitical weblog, interactivity, relational maintenance, content analysis, political caricature, political comment
Date2013
Date Issued29-Jun-2017 11:09:02 (UTC+8)
SummaryThis study investigates characteristics, interactivity, and relational maintenance of political blogs in Singapore. Six popular political blogs were selected from three identified political blog categories (i.e., political caricature blogs, political commentary blogs, and party-affiliated political blogs) for content analysis. The findings show Singapore political bloggers usually offer personal opinions with sources. National issues are discussed most by these political blogs and majority of comments is in favour of bloggers` viewpoints. Under the control of censonship, "political caricature blogs" appeal to lots of readers because the authors use satire and humorous ways to express their opinions indirectly. Overall Singapore`s politica blogs emphasize navigational features. Highly popular "political caricature blogs" is professional, offering original perspectives with relevant links, but they have the lowest level of interactivity. Besides, the three categories of political blogs which employ different relational maintenance strategies have a high level of openness towards readers for the purpose of maintaining credibility.
RelationJournal of Communication and Culture, 12, 74-114
Typearticle
dc.contributor 廣電系
dc.creator (作者) 林翠絹zh_TW
dc.date (日期) 2013
dc.date.accessioned 29-Jun-2017 11:09:02 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.available 29-Jun-2017 11:09:02 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.issued (上傳時間) 29-Jun-2017 11:09:02 (UTC+8)-
dc.identifier.uri (URI) http://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/handle/140.119/110631-
dc.description.abstract (摘要) This study investigates characteristics, interactivity, and relational maintenance of political blogs in Singapore. Six popular political blogs were selected from three identified political blog categories (i.e., political caricature blogs, political commentary blogs, and party-affiliated political blogs) for content analysis. The findings show Singapore political bloggers usually offer personal opinions with sources. National issues are discussed most by these political blogs and majority of comments is in favour of bloggers` viewpoints. Under the control of censonship, "political caricature blogs" appeal to lots of readers because the authors use satire and humorous ways to express their opinions indirectly. Overall Singapore`s politica blogs emphasize navigational features. Highly popular "political caricature blogs" is professional, offering original perspectives with relevant links, but they have the lowest level of interactivity. Besides, the three categories of political blogs which employ different relational maintenance strategies have a high level of openness towards readers for the purpose of maintaining credibility.
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dc.relation (關聯) Journal of Communication and Culture, 12, 74-114
dc.subject (關鍵詞) Political weblog, interactivity, relational maintenance, content analysis, political caricature, political comment
dc.title (題名) A study of political blogs in Singapore: Characteristics, interactivities, and relational maintenance
dc.type (資料類型) article