Political scientists are only now beginning to come to terms with the importance of the
Internet to politics. The most promising way to study the Internet is to look at the role that …

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Überblick Spätestens seit Barack Obamas erfolgreicher, in Medien und Öffentlichkeit vielbeachteter …

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

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 …

The study addresses the question of what type of political content can trigger reactions from
electoral candidates' followers on Facebook. Citizens' reactivity is increasingly important in …

A comparative analysis of political websites and their users from seven Western
democracies. Digital politics is shorthand for how internet technologies have fueled the …

Can the internet fundamentally challenge non-free regimes? The role that social networking
has played in promoting political change in the Middle East and beyond raises important …

Although there is some evidence that online videos are increasingly used by academics for
informal scholarly communication and teaching, the extent to which they are used in …

Featuring a longitudinal, structural study of European party and citizen activity on Instagram
between 2012 and 2018, this article outlines the overarching changes in the ways that …

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