Personalization has become a central concept in discussions on how political news, and
election coverage in particular, has changed over time. The general belief is that the focus of …

The empirical evidence concerning the 'personalization of politics' thesis is, at best, mixed.
The analysis of a new data-set on the media coverage of national elections in six Western …

What do Beppe Grillo, Silvio Berlusconi, Emmanuel Macron (and also Donald Trump) have
in common? They are prime examples of the personalization of politics and the decline of …

In this paper, we analyze the uses of Twitter by populist presidents in contemporary Latin
America in the context of the debates about whether populism truly represents a revolution …

This study investigates the content characteristics of Twitter during an election campaign,
and the relationship between candidates' style of online campaigning (ie, politically …

Previous research on the success of politicians' messages on social media has so far
focused on a limited number of platforms, especially Facebook and Twitter, and …

Der gegenüber der ersten Afulge vollständig überarbeitete und erweiterte Band gibt einen
Überblick über die wichtigsten Ansätze und Ergebnisse empirischer Forschung zum …

Political parties and politicians increasingly use the possibilities of the Internet to
communicate interactively with citizens and vice versa. The Internet also offers opportunities …

4 Introduction citizenry and between different parts of the political system, and due to the fact
that the media hold the key to the public sphere and can have a major influence on public …

The debate around political misinformation is gaining increasing relevance among the
general and academic audience. If a large body of work is devoted to understanding the …