In recent years, politicians and political parties have increasingly adopted various social
media as political communication platforms. While the research on the topic has provided …

Over the course of the last several years, social media have established themselves as a
stable, fully-fledged part of the political communication process across the developed world …

Political campaign communication has become increasingly hybrid and the ability to create
synergies between older and newer media is now a prerequisite for running a successful …

Social media are often perceived as platforms enabling more direct connection between
politicians and citizens. While there is certainly potential for this, it is also important to …

While observers have focused on the political use of social media when exploring their
democratic potential, we know little about users' perceptions of these media. These …

The role of social media has been studied extensively within a series of national political
contexts. However, only few studies have focused on the uses of social media by local or …

The growing importance of social media in the political arena seems to be in line with the
mediatization of politics thesis, which states that mediated communication is becoming more …

An increasingly complex hybrid system of social and traditional news media surrounds
Nordic election campaigns as politically experienced incumbents favor traditional news …

Amidst the burgeoning literature on the use social media in electoral politics, there are still
relatively few studies that seek to understand developments in digital campaigning from the …

While social media have become key in contemporary political campaigns, different
platforms feature differing affordances, allowing for varying functionalities. Even more …