Our chapter illustrates how citizens can enact varying styles and degrees of political
engagement through social media. It also investigates if citizens engage with political …

Political participation opportunities have been expanding for years, most recently through
digital tools. Social media platforms have become well integrated into civic and political …

Abstract. This paper presents the results of a literature review in regard to Social Media and
participation. Besides that, to understand the meaning and impact of Social Media on …

On August 2, 2011, the deputy governor of the Austrian province Carinthia, Uwe Scheuch,
was sentenced to six months imprisonment for corruption. The court was convinced that he …

The progress achieved in women's rights and gender equality has become the target of a
backlash driven by “anti‐gender” activists and right‐wing populists across EU member …

Digital media are often blamed for accelerating the decline of political parties as channels
for citizen participation. By contrast, we show that political engagement on social media may …

Assessing Swedish political party use of Twitter and Facebook during the 2014 election
year, this paper traces what is defined as broadcasting (one-way communication) and …

This study investigates how, and to what extent, citizens use Twitter as a platform for political
mobilization in an electoral context. Conceptualizing political participation as a process, we …

Political conversations are according to theories on deliberative democracy essential to well-
functioning democracies. Traditionally, these conversations have taken place in face-to-face …

Online communication has become a central part in the communication repertoires of
political actors in Western mass democracies. In Switzerland, where broadband, internet …