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 …

Starting from the contribution to the discussion on a fourth age of political communication,
here we argue that, as a consequence of how the Web 2.0 has changed political campaigns …

We are living in a period of great uncertainty. Votes for Brexit and Trump, along with
widespread political volatility, are not only causing turmoil; they are signs that many long …

Relating to theories of dissonant public spheres and affective publics, we study negativity,
dramatization, and populist content in political party Facebook posts across 12 countries …

Social media are said to be a core driver of populists' current success. Yet, our knowledge of
how populist politicians use social media is limited. We argue that they can use Twitter and …

While populists are claimed to be masters of Twitter, we know surprisingly little about how
they use the medium (if at all). This study examines (1) populists' Twitter adoption and (2) …

Recent studies investigated the effect of e-campaigning on the electoral performance.
However, little attention has been paid to the content of e-campaigning. Given that political …

This book examines how social media have transformed politics in established
democracies. Specifically, the authors examine the influence of the unique qualities of social …

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 …

Social media are often discussed in terms of online novelties. However, especially within the
broader field of political communication, the uses of such services, as Twitter, at the hands of …