TY - JOUR
T1 - Political Expression on Facebook in a Context of Conflict
T2 - Dilemmas and Coping Strategies of Jewish-Israeli Youth
AU - Mor, Yifat
AU - Kligler-Vilenchik, Neta
AU - Maoz, Ifat
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, © The Author(s) 2015.
PY - 2015/9/11
Y1 - 2015/9/11
N2 - Social media, and Facebook in particular, embody a complex and challenging context for impression management, particularly when it comes to political expression. The Israeli case presents a unique context in which to examine these questions as Jewish-Israeli youth are embedded in a divided society involved in the protracted Israeli–Palestinian conflict. A thematic content analysis of 15 in-depth interviews with Israeli-Jewish students who are regular Facebook users revealed distinct dilemmas. Jewish-Israeli youth are highly motivated to discuss politics on Facebook, while also aware of social risks involved in such discussion. Thus, they adopt unique coping strategies in which political expression is an integral part in the delicate act of impression management. This research extends our understanding of Facebook as a platform for expressing political content in divided societies, characterized by considerable internal and external conflict as well as high levels of political involvement.
AB - Social media, and Facebook in particular, embody a complex and challenging context for impression management, particularly when it comes to political expression. The Israeli case presents a unique context in which to examine these questions as Jewish-Israeli youth are embedded in a divided society involved in the protracted Israeli–Palestinian conflict. A thematic content analysis of 15 in-depth interviews with Israeli-Jewish students who are regular Facebook users revealed distinct dilemmas. Jewish-Israeli youth are highly motivated to discuss politics on Facebook, while also aware of social risks involved in such discussion. Thus, they adopt unique coping strategies in which political expression is an integral part in the delicate act of impression management. This research extends our understanding of Facebook as a platform for expressing political content in divided societies, characterized by considerable internal and external conflict as well as high levels of political involvement.
KW - Facebook
KW - Israeli–Palestinian conflict
KW - computer-mediated communication
KW - heterogeneous audiences
KW - impression management
KW - political expression
KW - protracted conflicts
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85015910010&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/2056305115606750
DO - 10.1177/2056305115606750
M3 - ???researchoutput.researchoutputtypes.contributiontojournal.article???
AN - SCOPUS:85015910010
SN - 2056-3051
VL - 1
JO - Social Media and Society
JF - Social Media and Society
IS - 2
ER -
