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 …

This article provides insights into the driving forces that underpin new forms of political
participation. Digital technologies offer opportunities for engaging in a wide range of civically …

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 …

Names: Strömbäck, Jesper editor.| Kiousis, Spiro editor. Title: Political public relations:
concepts, principles, and applications/edited by Jesper Strömbäck and Spiro Kiousis …

Social media are critical tools offering connections between political actors, voters, and
journalists. However, existing scholarship rarely assesses how user engagement differs by …

We investigate political parties´ social media strategies, their perceived effectiveness, and
how social media campaigns are internally organized. Our study focuses on Austria and …

Along with the recent boom in support of populist movements in Europe, social media seems
to be the ideal place for their interaction with the public. While Facebook has been …

This article introduces a dual perspective to the study of mediatization of politics, a political
actor-centric and a media actor-centric perspective. It applies both perspectives to a case …

Permanent campaigning emerged as a concept in the 1970s in studies of US politics but is
now recognized as a universal phenomenon. Despite its long history, there has been no …

Positioning Covid‐19 as a wicked problem we analyse the extent that the UK government
adhered to the guidelines for dealing with such problems and the extent to which the …