Social media battles: Their impact during the 2014 Greek municipal elections
Authors: Yannas, Prodromos 
Lappas, Georgios 
Triantafillidou, Amalia 
Kleftodimos, Alexandros 
Vasileiadou, Olga 
Kavada, Anastasia 
Issue Date: 1-Mar-2016
Journal: Journal of Universal Computer Science 
Volume: 22
Issue: 3
Keywords: Facebook, Greek municipal elections, Political marketing strategy, Quantitative analysis, Social media, Social media popularity, Twitter, Vote share, Youtube
Abstract: 
The purpose of this study is to examine the use of social media such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube by candidates running for the 2014 Greek Municipal Elections by addressing the following questions: (1) which factors affect social media adoption by municipal candidates?, and (2) whether social media usage along with the popularity of candidates’ social media pages influence candidates’ vote share. Results indicate that social media are not very popular campaigning tools among municipal candidates in Greece. This implies that Greek candidates still rely on traditional ways to lure their voters. Furthermore, findings reveal that candidates running in large municipalities are more likely to utilize social media (i.e., Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube) as means of political marketing. In addition, challengers seem to prefer Facebook and Twitter as campaign tools while males tend to focus on YouTube to attract voters. Despite the low adoption rate, results suggest that candidates who made use of social media won more votes compared to candidates who were not social media users. Moreover, it was found that a candidate’s Facebook page and YouTube channel popularity are good indicators of the candidate’s vote share.
ISSN: 09486968
0948695X
DOI: 10.3217/jucs-022-03-0375
URI: https://uniwacris.uniwa.gr/handle/3000/2539
Type: Article
Department: Department of Business Administration 
School: School of Administrative, Economics and Social Sciences 
Affiliation: University of West Attica (UNIWA) 
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