Although images have always been part of politics, research on the visual aspects of
political communication recently gained momentum, especially with the spread of social …

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 …

Political communication via social media might well counter the eroding political trust. In
particular, social networking sites (SNS) enable direct flows of communication between …

This study inductively develops a new conceptual framework for analyzing strategic
campaign communications across different social media platforms through an analysis of …

TikTok, already widely used before the pandemic, boomed during the quarantine that locked
down large parts of the world, reaching 2 billion downloads and 800 million monthly active …

Over the past 50 years, a large body of research on professional roles has analyzed the
different functions that journalism should fulfill in society. However, an examination of how …

Twitter has become a convenient, cheap and effective beat for journalists in search of news
and information. Reporters today increasingly aggregate information online and embed it in …

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 …

With the integration of social media in political communication repertoires, politicians now
permanently campaign for support online. By promoting their personal agenda, politicians …

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 …