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General Online Research 2017 “Like of the same”? Facebook like-network of the 2016 Hong Kong Legislative Council Election Justin Chun-ting Ho

Acknowledgement This study is an extension of a project of the Inaugural CUHK Research Summit: Digital Methods and Social Development. I have received helpful input from Dr. Liang Hai, Prof. Jack Qiu and Prof. Richard Rogers. I also thank all the participants of the Research Summit for their helpful feedback.

Brief Overview of Hong Kong Politics An (electoral) authoritarian regime 3 Factions: the Pro-governments the Pan-Democrats the Localist/Nativists

Research Question Facebook has become a major platform for political communication and political mobilisation in Hong Kong (Chan, Chen and Lee, 2016; Lee, So and Leung, 2015; Tang and Lee, 2013; Chen, Chan and Lee, 2016; Lee and Chan 2015) Homophilly and Echo Chamber Research Question: Does the social media network of election candidates reflects the political faction in reality?

Data Collection The page like-network among the Facebook pages of 78 candidates of the 2016 Hong Kong Legislative Council Election Collected with NetVizz 1.31 in late-August 2016

Test Value (f(d)): 0.086*** Replications: 1000 p-value: 0

Test Value (f(d)): -0.003 Replications: 1000 p-value: 0.559

Limitations and Discussions Difficulties in identifying the candidate’s political faction Inconclusive results on Homophily The bridging effect of the media

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