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- Title
BIRGing, CORFing, and Twitter Activity Following a Political Referendum: Examining Social Media Activity Concerning the 2014 Scottish Independence Vote.
- Authors
Lachlan, Kenneth A.; Levy, David R.
- Abstract
A sizable body of research has examined BIRG, or Basking in Reflected Glory, as the psychological process of associating with the successes of others. A sample of 253,188 tweets related to the 2014 Scottish Independence Referendum were collected leading up to and following the vote. Results support BIRG processes on the part of anti-independence tweeters, and Cutting Off Reflected Failure (CORF) responses by those favoring independence. Evidence does not support the notion that CORF was attenuated by high involvement.
- Subjects
SOCIAL media; REFERENDUM; POLITICAL autonomy; POPULAR vote; POLITICAL participation
- Publication
Communication Research Reports, 2016, Vol 33, Issue 3, p217
- ISSN
0882-4096
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1080/08824096.2016.1186625