Blogs

  Politics and civic cultures  Social media is practical in so many ways, and this will be established as we discuss how politics and political parties can utilise social media to their advantage during the campaigning process. Posting across a range of social platforms such as Instagram and Twitter will give a party an increased likelihood of adopting fans. These posts are designed to be persuasive, which means they will likely influence one’s opinion due to the abundance of good ideas and thoughts being outputted. Therefore, social media can be portrayed as a very influential practice.   Twitter is a notable social platform where a great deal of information regarding a diversity of topics is available and at the fingertips of its users. Politics is one of the topics which is heavily discussed on Twitter, with parties and members posting mainly self-promotional content, as well as ensuring they are communicating with their constituents (Wikipedia 2022). Twitter is widely...

  Blog 1  Drawing on the ideas, concepts, terms, and reading material for Weeks 1–2, explore the question: ‘Is WordPress a blog or a social network site?' It can be argued that WordPress is a social network site as it promotes a significant level of communication between online users. This is due to its social aspects such as allowing users to comment on each other's posts, having followers and following others, and providing feedback, all of which are examples of user engagement. Buddypress is another essential element of communication, it is a feature that can be found under the Plugins section which allows for contact within a community to share and receive ideas. Furthermore, BuddyPress is defined as a ‘modern, robust, and sophisticated social network software’ (Wordpress 2022), where users can create profiles, thus creating an online identity. From this, they are able to start private conversations, develop social connections, and participate in group work. Murthy defines...