The mediatisation model in politics assumes that media conveys political messages
between parties and citizenship, with the risk of promoting issues that frame the electoral …

There is broad consensus on the idea that Twitter, an online communication tool for
campaigning, is significantly impacting the interaction between political candidates and …

Twitter has been incorporated as an essential tool in the communication strategies of
political actors. However, we need to know more about its use. Our objective is to analyze …

The results of the elections to the European Parliament of 25 May 2014 marked a before and
an after for Spanish politics. This influential European campaign took place at a moment …

Traditional media sources have adopted Twitter as a canal to broadcast information across
digital audiences. This study has the objective of analyzing the characteristics of the tweets …

During election campaigns, candidates, parties, and media share their relevance on Twitter
with a group of especially active users, aligned with a particular party. This paper introduces …

In contemporary democratic society, Twitter can promote a genuine public debate where the
discussion is not limited to established social actors. The goal is studying how media outlets …

The mediatisation of politics is based on the logic of spectacle. Politainment defines the
phenomenon in which political information is trivialised by the hybrid narratives in which it is …

A new politics, linked to the influencer/leader and to the empowerment of the public on
social networking sites, is currently marking the media agenda. In light of this, the aim of this …

Social media have become key in political communication, playing a crucial role in election
campaigns due to their fast, ubiquitous communication. This paper focuses on the …