This article explores Swedish parties' activities on Instagram during the 2014 elections.
Understanding party campaign communication as highly strategic, that is, communication to …

Many claims have been made regarding the influence of social media like Facebook on
activities undertaken by political actors. While the study of online political communication …

Politics and the media have always been closely interrelated. The very dawn of democratic
structures, in Ancient Greece, is inextricably linked to the gradual development of effective …

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

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 …

While a comparably large amount of research has looked into the uses of Twitter at the
hands of politicians, relatively little work has been done how Facebook is being used in this …

The architecture of social media—the design of the actual components that make up social
media and their interrelations—is ultimately based on code written by developers. The …

Although conceptual efforts have often suggested that the Internet harbors considerable
possibilities to revolutionize political participation, empirical studies have often presented …

Political elections see several actors rise to the fore in order to influence and inform voters.
Increasingly, such processes take place on social media like Facebook, where media outlets …

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 …