Previous research on the success of politicians' messages on social media has so far
focused on a limited number of platforms, especially Facebook and Twitter, and …

Political campaigns' use of digital technologies has been a topic of scholarly concern for
over two decades, but most studies have been focused on analyzing the use of digital …

Political campaigns have a temporal nature, which means that the strategic environment
shapes the nature of candidate communication, especially the stages of campaigning—from …

Twitter allows political candidates to broadcast messages directly to the public, some of
which spread virally, potentially reaching new supportive audiences. During the 2014 US …

Negative campaigning has long concerned scholars because of the potential effects on the
electorate and on democracy. Most scholarship has focused on single-election studies in the …

Interaction between candidates and constituents via social media is a well-studied domain.
The article takes this research further through a synthesis with platform studies, emerging …

Sponsored content on Facebook has become an indispensable tool for implementing
political campaign strategies. However, in political communication research, this channel is …

A new wave of research about society has emerged, which uses computers as research
instruments. This research not only uses computers for text processing or web browsing but …

How do opposition actors in electoral authoritarian regimes use social media to galvanize
support? Based on 2,229 social media posts, I examine how Aleksey Navalny and the …

Political campaign scholars have been concerned about the nature and effects of negative
messages. Although much research has examined attack advertisements in broadcast …