Does social media use matter? A case study of the 2018 Irish Abortion Referendum

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dc.contributor.authorReidy, Theresa
dc.contributor.authorSuiter, Jane
dc.contributor.funderRadio Teilifís Éireannen
dc.contributor.funderUniversity College Dublinen
dc.contributor.funderDublin City Universityen
dc.contributor.funderUniversity College Corken
dc.contributor.funderEuropean Research Councilen
dc.contributor.funderHorizon 2020en
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-31T14:44:14Z
dc.date.available2023-01-31T14:44:14Z
dc.date.issued2023-01-31
dc.date.updated2023-01-31T14:26:52Z
dc.description.abstractThe role of social media at electoral events is much speculated upon. Wide-ranging effects, and often critical evaluations, are attributed to commentary, discussions, and advertising on Facebook, Twitter, Telegram, and many other platforms. But the specific effects of these social media during campaigns, especially referendum campaigns, remain under-studied. This thematic issue is a very valuable contribution for precisely this reason. Using the 2018 abortion referendum in Ireland as an illustrative case, this commentary argues for greater research on social media at referendum campaigns, more critical evaluation of the claims and counterclaims about social media effects, often aired widely without substantive evidence, and, finally, for robust, coordinated cross-national regulation of all digital platforms in line with global democratic norms.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationReidy, T. and Suiter, J. (2023) 'Does social media use matter? A case study of the 2018 Irish Abortion Referendum', Media and Communication11(1), pp. 81-85. doi: 10.17645/mac.v11i1.6653en
dc.identifier.doi10.17645/mac.v11i1.6653en
dc.identifier.endpage85en
dc.identifier.issn2183-2439
dc.identifier.issued1en
dc.identifier.journaltitleMedia and Communicationen
dc.identifier.startpage81en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/14173
dc.identifier.volume11en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherCogitatioen
dc.relation.projectinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020::ERC::ERC-STG/759736/EU/Meeting Great Expectations Through Democratic Innovations/NEW_DEMOCRACYen
dc.rights© 2023, Theresa Reidy and Jane Suiter. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits any use, distribution, and reproduction of the work without further permission provided the original authors and source are credited.en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectAbortionen
dc.subjectCampaign regulationen
dc.subjectReferendumen
dc.subjectReferendum campaignen
dc.subjectSocial mediaen
dc.titleDoes social media use matter? A case study of the 2018 Irish Abortion Referendumen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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