Michael Haman
Biographic Data
| ID | 4167113 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael Haman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael |
| FAMILY NAME | Haman |
| SIGNATURE | HAMAN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Hradec Králové |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5772-2045 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 29 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Digital Divides in Local Democracy: Size, Resources, and Facebook Adoption in Czech Municipalities
This study examines how organizational capacity and environmental pressures shape social media adoption in local government. Using a mixed‐methods approach, we analyze Facebook adoption patterns across 6,254 Czech municipalities by scanning their official websites for Facebook links, a questionnaire survey (N = 330), and thematic analysis of posts from municipalities with extended powers. Results reveal a strong relationship between municipal siz…
Why Do Political Candidates Use Social Media in Election Campaigning? An Explanation Offered by a Cost-Benefit Calculation Using Survey Data
This article examines the use of social media during the 2021 Mexican legislative election. Political candidates were contacted through the email addresses they had listed and sent a questionnaire to fill out. Thus, the research is based on original data directly collected from political candidates. Political candidates commented on their use of social media during the election campaign. The research used closed questions. The assumption was that…
Political communication on social media in Latin America: Unequal use of Twitter by members of parliament
This article focuses on the under-researched topic of the use of Twitter by members of parliament (MPs) in Latin America. There have not yet been any thorough comparative studies on this topic, and the majority of publications on the region focus on single case studies. Previous studies have primarily concentrated on presidents, or in the case of MPs, on specific case studies. A total of 2,353,138 tweets were accessed via the Twitter API, and 3,2…
National political parties or regional movements? The case of Peru’s 2018 regional elections
This report focuses on Peru’s 2018 regional elections. It analyzes the election results from two perspectives. First, it examines how these elections fit the characteristics of second-order elections. Second, it discusses regional movements and their institutionalization. Although the concept of second-order elections expects these elections to have lower turnout and more invalid votes, this has not happened in Peru’s regional elections: the numb…
Members of the European Parliament on Social Media: Why Do They Use Facebook and Twitter
In this article, we analyze the use of social media by the members of the European Parliament. More specially, we examined whether members of the European Parliament use Facebook and Twitter for different purposes. To reach our goal, we contacted all 705 members of the European Parliament by email. The vast majority of members of the European Parliament who decided to participate in our survey replied that they use Facebook and Twitter for differ…
The unverified era: Politicians’ Twitter verification post-Musk acquisition
This note discusses the impact of changes made to Twitter after Elon Musk’s acquisition of the company, specifically focusing on the verification of politicians’ accounts. With Twitter serving as an essential source of information, the blue badge of verification has provided assurance of account legitimacy. However, as of April 2023, blue badges were removed from the accounts of users without a Twitter Blue subscription. This note analyzes the ve…
Colombian political leaders on Twitter during the Covid‐19 pandemic
This study analyzes the use of Twitter by Colombian political elites during the Covid-19 pandemic, employing qualitative and quantitative methods and techniques. We collected Twitter data on the Colombian president, the mayor of Bogota, and all the members of the Congress of Colombia. We then analyzed qualitatively the content of the most popular tweets sent by President Iván Duque, Mayor Claudia López, and Gustavo Petro, the leader of the opposi…
Trump and the Image of the United States in Latin America
In our research, we focus on the image of the United States in Latin America. We use mainly data from Latinobarómetro, and we analyse Obama’s last year and Trump’s first year in the presidency in 18 countries in Latin America. We use logistic regression to reach conclusions. We also analyse Trump’s tweets to see his Twitter rhetoric. We find that Trump’s election has strongly worsened the image of the United States in the public opinion of Latin …
Do Free Food and Beverages Bring People to the Political Meeting? The Survey Experiment of Attendance-Buying
In this article, we explore a phenomenon we call attendance-buying. Specifically, we investigate the case of buying the attendance of voters at political rallies. Politicians and political parties promise voters certain rewards if they come to listen to them at political meetings. Often, these rewards can be food or valuable prizes. We conducted a survey experiment to discover what effect this form of attendance-buying has in Czech municipalities…
Politicians on Social Media. The online database of members of national parliaments on Twitter
In this article, we present the new online database Politicians on Social Media (https://www.politiciansonsocialmedia.com), which is intended for both academics and the public. This database was created with the aim of being continuously updated and providing relevant information on politicians’ activity on social media. We first used data from this database to analyze Twitter. This social networking site is increasingly at the forefront of scien…
When do voters boycott elections with participation quorums
Politics as a Vocation? The Impact of the Remuneration of Local Representatives on the Electoral Competition
This article examines the impact that the remuneration of municipal representatives has on the political competition in the Czech Republic. Municipal representatives can perform their office either full time (an 'engaged' representative) or part time (a 'disengaged' representative). It is common in some small Czech municipalities for there to be no full-time representatives, and even mayors are disengaged. There is no central database or website …
Twitter Followers of Canadian Political and Health Authorities during the Covid-19 Pandemic: What Are Their Activity and Interests
I examined the use of Twitter during the COVID-19 pandemic to find out how many Twitter users started to follow relevant Canadian political and health authorities, and I investigated their activity and interests. To this end, I analyzed 398,037 Twitter accounts. The results reveal that the Twitter accounts of relevant authorities gained a significant number of new Twitter followers during the pandemic. The Twitter users who joined during the pand…
Recall Elections: A Tool of Accountability? Evidence from Peru
I examine the role of recall elections in Peruvian municipalities to evaluate whether they are used as a tool to increase political accountability. I test the theoretical assumptions of elite mobilization theory and other theories related to the functions of political parties and invalid votes. I use logistic regression to analyze a dataset with recall elections until 2013. The results show that recall elections were held most frequently in munic…
The Colombian Anti-Corruption Referendum: Why It Failed
Objective/context: The objective of this article is to analyze the results of the anti-corruption referendum in Colombia in 2018. Colombia is a country with a significant corruption problem. More than 99% of the voters who came to the polls voted in favor of the proposals. However, the anti-corruption referendum nonetheless failed because not enough citizens were mobilized to participate. The article addresses the reasons why turnout was very low…
Politicians on Social Media. The online database of members of national parliaments on Twitter
In this article, we present the new online database Politicians on Social Media (https://www.politiciansonsocialmedia.com), which is intended for both academics and the public. This database was created with the aim of being continuously updated and providing relevant information on politicians’ activity on social media. We first used data from this database to analyze Twitter. This social networking site is increasingly at the forefront of scien…
Members of the European Parliament on Social Media: Why Do They Use Facebook and Twitter
In this article, we analyze the use of social media by the members of the European Parliament. More specially, we examined whether members of the European Parliament use Facebook and Twitter for different purposes. To reach our goal, we contacted all 705 members of the European Parliament by email. The vast majority of members of the European Parliament who decided to participate in our survey replied that they use Facebook and Twitter for differ…
The unverified era: Politicians’ Twitter verification post-Musk acquisition
This note discusses the impact of changes made to Twitter after Elon Musk’s acquisition of the company, specifically focusing on the verification of politicians’ accounts. With Twitter serving as an essential source of information, the blue badge of verification has provided assurance of account legitimacy. However, as of April 2023, blue badges were removed from the accounts of users without a Twitter Blue subscription. This note analyzes the ve…
When do voters boycott elections with participation quorums
Twitter Followers of Canadian Political and Health Authorities during the Covid-19 Pandemic: What Are Their Activity and Interests
I examined the use of Twitter during the COVID-19 pandemic to find out how many Twitter users started to follow relevant Canadian political and health authorities, and I investigated their activity and interests. To this end, I analyzed 398,037 Twitter accounts. The results reveal that the Twitter accounts of relevant authorities gained a significant number of new Twitter followers during the pandemic. The Twitter users who joined during the pand…
The Colombian Anti-Corruption Referendum: Why It Failed
Objective/context: The objective of this article is to analyze the results of the anti-corruption referendum in Colombia in 2018. Colombia is a country with a significant corruption problem. More than 99% of the voters who came to the polls voted in favor of the proposals. However, the anti-corruption referendum nonetheless failed because not enough citizens were mobilized to participate. The article addresses the reasons why turnout was very low…
National political parties or regional movements? The case of Peru’s 2018 regional elections
This report focuses on Peru’s 2018 regional elections. It analyzes the election results from two perspectives. First, it examines how these elections fit the characteristics of second-order elections. Second, it discusses regional movements and their institutionalization. Although the concept of second-order elections expects these elections to have lower turnout and more invalid votes, this has not happened in Peru’s regional elections: the numb…
Colombian political leaders on Twitter during the Covid‐19 pandemic
This study analyzes the use of Twitter by Colombian political elites during the Covid-19 pandemic, employing qualitative and quantitative methods and techniques. We collected Twitter data on the Colombian president, the mayor of Bogota, and all the members of the Congress of Colombia. We then analyzed qualitatively the content of the most popular tweets sent by President Iván Duque, Mayor Claudia López, and Gustavo Petro, the leader of the opposi…
Do Free Food and Beverages Bring People to the Political Meeting? The Survey Experiment of Attendance-Buying
In this article, we explore a phenomenon we call attendance-buying. Specifically, we investigate the case of buying the attendance of voters at political rallies. Politicians and political parties promise voters certain rewards if they come to listen to them at political meetings. Often, these rewards can be food or valuable prizes. We conducted a survey experiment to discover what effect this form of attendance-buying has in Czech municipalities…
Politics as a Vocation? The Impact of the Remuneration of Local Representatives on the Electoral Competition
This article examines the impact that the remuneration of municipal representatives has on the political competition in the Czech Republic. Municipal representatives can perform their office either full time (an 'engaged' representative) or part time (a 'disengaged' representative). It is common in some small Czech municipalities for there to be no full-time representatives, and even mayors are disengaged. There is no central database or website …
The Colombian Anti-Corruption Referendum: Why It Failed
Objective/context: The objective of this article is to analyze the results of the anti-corruption referendum in Colombia in 2018. Colombia is a country with a significant corruption problem. More than 99% of the voters who came to the polls voted in favor of the proposals. However, the anti-corruption referendum nonetheless failed because not enough citizens were mobilized to participate. The article addresses the reasons why turnout was very low…
Trump and the Image of the United States in Latin America
In our research, we focus on the image of the United States in Latin America. We use mainly data from Latinobarómetro, and we analyse Obama’s last year and Trump’s first year in the presidency in 18 countries in Latin America. We use logistic regression to reach conclusions. We also analyse Trump’s tweets to see his Twitter rhetoric. We find that Trump’s election has strongly worsened the image of the United States in the public opinion of Latin …
Do Free Food and Beverages Bring People to the Political Meeting? The Survey Experiment of Attendance-Buying
In this article, we explore a phenomenon we call attendance-buying. Specifically, we investigate the case of buying the attendance of voters at political rallies. Politicians and political parties promise voters certain rewards if they come to listen to them at political meetings. Often, these rewards can be food or valuable prizes. We conducted a survey experiment to discover what effect this form of attendance-buying has in Czech municipalities…
Politicians on Social Media. The online database of members of national parliaments on Twitter
In this article, we present the new online database Politicians on Social Media (https://www.politiciansonsocialmedia.com), which is intended for both academics and the public. This database was created with the aim of being continuously updated and providing relevant information on politicians’ activity on social media. We first used data from this database to analyze Twitter. This social networking site is increasingly at the forefront of scien…
When do voters boycott elections with participation quorums
Politics as a Vocation? The Impact of the Remuneration of Local Representatives on the Electoral Competition
This article examines the impact that the remuneration of municipal representatives has on the political competition in the Czech Republic. Municipal representatives can perform their office either full time (an 'engaged' representative) or part time (a 'disengaged' representative). It is common in some small Czech municipalities for there to be no full-time representatives, and even mayors are disengaged. There is no central database or website …
Twitter Followers of Canadian Political and Health Authorities during the Covid-19 Pandemic: What Are Their Activity and Interests
I examined the use of Twitter during the COVID-19 pandemic to find out how many Twitter users started to follow relevant Canadian political and health authorities, and I investigated their activity and interests. To this end, I analyzed 398,037 Twitter accounts. The results reveal that the Twitter accounts of relevant authorities gained a significant number of new Twitter followers during the pandemic. The Twitter users who joined during the pand…
Recall Elections: A Tool of Accountability? Evidence from Peru
I examine the role of recall elections in Peruvian municipalities to evaluate whether they are used as a tool to increase political accountability. I test the theoretical assumptions of elite mobilization theory and other theories related to the functions of political parties and invalid votes. I use logistic regression to analyze a dataset with recall elections until 2013. The results show that recall elections were held most frequently in munic…
Colombian political leaders on Twitter during the Covid‐19 pandemic
This study analyzes the use of Twitter by Colombian political elites during the Covid-19 pandemic, employing qualitative and quantitative methods and techniques. We collected Twitter data on the Colombian president, the mayor of Bogota, and all the members of the Congress of Colombia. We then analyzed qualitatively the content of the most popular tweets sent by President Iván Duque, Mayor Claudia López, and Gustavo Petro, the leader of the opposi…
Why Do Political Candidates Use Social Media in Election Campaigning? An Explanation Offered by a Cost-Benefit Calculation Using Survey Data
This article examines the use of social media during the 2021 Mexican legislative election. Political candidates were contacted through the email addresses they had listed and sent a questionnaire to fill out. Thus, the research is based on original data directly collected from political candidates. Political candidates commented on their use of social media during the election campaign. The research used closed questions. The assumption was that…
Political communication on social media in Latin America: Unequal use of Twitter by members of parliament
This article focuses on the under-researched topic of the use of Twitter by members of parliament (MPs) in Latin America. There have not yet been any thorough comparative studies on this topic, and the majority of publications on the region focus on single case studies. Previous studies have primarily concentrated on presidents, or in the case of MPs, on specific case studies. A total of 2,353,138 tweets were accessed via the Twitter API, and 3,2…
National political parties or regional movements? The case of Peru’s 2018 regional elections
This report focuses on Peru’s 2018 regional elections. It analyzes the election results from two perspectives. First, it examines how these elections fit the characteristics of second-order elections. Second, it discusses regional movements and their institutionalization. Although the concept of second-order elections expects these elections to have lower turnout and more invalid votes, this has not happened in Peru’s regional elections: the numb…
Members of the European Parliament on Social Media: Why Do They Use Facebook and Twitter
In this article, we analyze the use of social media by the members of the European Parliament. More specially, we examined whether members of the European Parliament use Facebook and Twitter for different purposes. To reach our goal, we contacted all 705 members of the European Parliament by email. The vast majority of members of the European Parliament who decided to participate in our survey replied that they use Facebook and Twitter for differ…
The unverified era: Politicians’ Twitter verification post-Musk acquisition
This note discusses the impact of changes made to Twitter after Elon Musk’s acquisition of the company, specifically focusing on the verification of politicians’ accounts. With Twitter serving as an essential source of information, the blue badge of verification has provided assurance of account legitimacy. However, as of April 2023, blue badges were removed from the accounts of users without a Twitter Blue subscription. This note analyzes the ve…
Digital Divides in Local Democracy: Size, Resources, and Facebook Adoption in Czech Municipalities
This study examines how organizational capacity and environmental pressures shape social media adoption in local government. Using a mixed‐methods approach, we analyze Facebook adoption patterns across 6,254 Czech municipalities by scanning their official websites for Facebook links, a questionnaire survey (N = 330), and thematic analysis of posts from municipalities with extended powers. Results reveal a strong relationship between municipal siz…
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