TY  - JOUR
AU  - Bojić, Ljubiša
PY  - 2023
UR  - http://rifdt.instifdt.bg.ac.rs/123456789/2867
AB  - A quantitative analysis was conducted on the tweets of 20 leading Serbian mass media outlets and their followers during the three months from January 1 to March 30, 2021. The analysis, that encompassed more than 1 million tweets, was conducted using (a) Twitter API, (b) the Serbian version of LIWC linguistic dictionary, and (c) additional statistical analyses.  Analyses revealed that words related to affective processes (negative emotions), social processes (family and friends), perceptual processes (feel and hear), and personal concerns (work and religion) expressed in tweets of mass media were predictors of the same words in not necessarily related tweets of their followers. The research has shown that spread of psychological and linguistic patterns by media and social networking sites is not limited to negative emotions solely. This research highlights the significance of recommender systems, as they help to determine the content that social media users encounter on a personal level. The findings also indicate how we can address emerging and pressing issues that affect individuals' well-being and democratic capacity, such as echo chambers and polarization. The obtained findings are in line with the communication accommodation theory, emotional contagion theory and negativity bias. Limitations of the present research, future directions, and implications are discussed.
PB  - Beograd : Filozofski fakultet Univerziteta u Beogradu – Odeljenja za etnologiju i antropologiju
T2  - Etnoantropološki Problemi / Issues in Ethnology and Anthropology
T1  - The Patterns of Influence: LIWC Analysis of Leading News Portals' Impact and Communication Accommodation Theory on Twitter
IS  - 2
VL  - 18
DO  - 10.21301/eap.v18i2.11.
ER  - 

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abstract = "A quantitative analysis was conducted on the tweets of 20 leading Serbian mass media outlets and their followers during the three months from January 1 to March 30, 2021. The analysis, that encompassed more than 1 million tweets, was conducted using (a) Twitter API, (b) the Serbian version of LIWC linguistic dictionary, and (c) additional statistical analyses.  Analyses revealed that words related to affective processes (negative emotions), social processes (family and friends), perceptual processes (feel and hear), and personal concerns (work and religion) expressed in tweets of mass media were predictors of the same words in not necessarily related tweets of their followers. The research has shown that spread of psychological and linguistic patterns by media and social networking sites is not limited to negative emotions solely. This research highlights the significance of recommender systems, as they help to determine the content that social media users encounter on a personal level. The findings also indicate how we can address emerging and pressing issues that affect individuals' well-being and democratic capacity, such as echo chambers and polarization. The obtained findings are in line with the communication accommodation theory, emotional contagion theory and negativity bias. Limitations of the present research, future directions, and implications are discussed.",
publisher = "Beograd : Filozofski fakultet Univerziteta u Beogradu – Odeljenja za etnologiju i antropologiju",
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title = "The Patterns of Influence: LIWC Analysis of Leading News Portals' Impact and Communication Accommodation Theory on Twitter",
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Bojić, L.. (2023). The Patterns of Influence: LIWC Analysis of Leading News Portals' Impact and Communication Accommodation Theory on Twitter. in Etnoantropološki Problemi / Issues in Ethnology and Anthropology
Beograd : Filozofski fakultet Univerziteta u Beogradu – Odeljenja za etnologiju i antropologiju., 18(2).
https://doi.org/10.21301/eap.v18i2.11.

Bojić L. The Patterns of Influence: LIWC Analysis of Leading News Portals' Impact and Communication Accommodation Theory on Twitter. in Etnoantropološki Problemi / Issues in Ethnology and Anthropology. 2023;18(2).
doi:10.21301/eap.v18i2.11. .

Bojić, Ljubiša, "The Patterns of Influence: LIWC Analysis of Leading News Portals' Impact and Communication Accommodation Theory on Twitter" in Etnoantropološki Problemi / Issues in Ethnology and Anthropology, 18, no. 2 (2023),
https://doi.org/10.21301/eap.v18i2.11. . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Ilić, Vujo
PY  - 2022
UR  - http://rifdt.instifdt.bg.ac.rs/123456789/2697
AB  - Why do some opposition parties in hybrid regimes escalate their strategies of contention from parliamentary to election boycotts, while others do not? Opposition parties in hybrid regimes engage with a repertoire of extra-institutional strategies, including protests, parliamentary, and election boycotts. These strategies challenge the authoritarian dimension of the regime and aim to level the electoral playing field, but the election boycott strategy carries more risk than the others, as it can marginalize the opposition. I argue that the opposition parties in hybrid regimes are less likely to take part in elections when the expected incumbent’s electoral advantage is high, and when lower-risk extra-institutional strategies such as protests, and parliamentary boycotts are exhausted or not viable. The article presents evidence from Serbia, including data collected through interviews with the members of parliament and opinion polls, tracing the process that led the opposition parties to escalate the 2019 parliamentary boycott towards the 2020 boycott of the elections, despite being aware of the likely adverse effects. I also conduct a comparative analysis of opposition parties in similar contexts of North Macedonia, Montenegro, and Albania that boycotted the parliament but always took part in the elections. The article brings together the detached literature on parliamentary and electoral boycotts and contributes to a better understanding of opposition strategies in hybrid regimes.
PB  - Institute for Political Studies
T2  - Serbian Political Thought
T1  - Parliamentary and Election Boycotts in Hybrid Regimes: Evidence from Southeastern Europe
IS  - 4
VL  - 78
SP  - 197
EP  - 217
DO  - 10.22182/spm.7842022.11
ER  - 

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author = "Ilić, Vujo",
year = "2022",
abstract = "Why do some opposition parties in hybrid regimes escalate their strategies of contention from parliamentary to election boycotts, while others do not? Opposition parties in hybrid regimes engage with a repertoire of extra-institutional strategies, including protests, parliamentary, and election boycotts. These strategies challenge the authoritarian dimension of the regime and aim to level the electoral playing field, but the election boycott strategy carries more risk than the others, as it can marginalize the opposition. I argue that the opposition parties in hybrid regimes are less likely to take part in elections when the expected incumbent’s electoral advantage is high, and when lower-risk extra-institutional strategies such as protests, and parliamentary boycotts are exhausted or not viable. The article presents evidence from Serbia, including data collected through interviews with the members of parliament and opinion polls, tracing the process that led the opposition parties to escalate the 2019 parliamentary boycott towards the 2020 boycott of the elections, despite being aware of the likely adverse effects. I also conduct a comparative analysis of opposition parties in similar contexts of North Macedonia, Montenegro, and Albania that boycotted the parliament but always took part in the elections. The article brings together the detached literature on parliamentary and electoral boycotts and contributes to a better understanding of opposition strategies in hybrid regimes.",
publisher = "Institute for Political Studies",
journal = "Serbian Political Thought",
title = "Parliamentary and Election Boycotts in Hybrid Regimes: Evidence from Southeastern Europe",
number = "4",
volume = "78",
pages = "197-217",
doi = "10.22182/spm.7842022.11"
}

Ilić, V.. (2022). Parliamentary and Election Boycotts in Hybrid Regimes: Evidence from Southeastern Europe. in Serbian Political Thought
Institute for Political Studies., 78(4), 197-217.
https://doi.org/10.22182/spm.7842022.11

Ilić V. Parliamentary and Election Boycotts in Hybrid Regimes: Evidence from Southeastern Europe. in Serbian Political Thought. 2022;78(4):197-217.
doi:10.22182/spm.7842022.11 .

Ilić, Vujo, "Parliamentary and Election Boycotts in Hybrid Regimes: Evidence from Southeastern Europe" in Serbian Political Thought, 78, no. 4 (2022):197-217,
https://doi.org/10.22182/spm.7842022.11 . .