With the integration of social media in political communication repertoires, politicians now
permanently campaign for support online. By promoting their personal agenda, politicians …

The cover image therefore also speaks to our interest in politics, and specifically in how
protesters harness the rhetorical power of the visual to fight the powerful. To simply bemoan …

The end of authoritarian rule in 1998 ushered in an exhilarating but unsettled period of
democratization in Indonesia. A more open political climate converged with a rapidly …

The article discusses interactions between emotions, memory and user-generated digital
content in the context of online protest campaigns. Using as a case study anti-government …

A growing body of research highlights how the Internet and social media offer new platforms
for advocacy. This article contributes to the debates on digital advocacy by combining …

The changing terms of mediation place new demands, opportunities and risks on the
performance of the political persona. Visibility has become a double-edged sword, leaving …

This paper presents an investigation of how the Scottish electorate utilised photo-sharing on
social media as a means of participation in the democratic process and for political self …

Since the start of the war in Ukraine in February 2022, President Zelensky has used his
social networks to request international support. This research analyzes the audiovisual …

The article aims at investigating the relationships between political communication and
monocratic trends in politics and public decision-making. After having framed the study …

Visibility and its counterpart, invisibility, are critical concepts in digital communication,
although research on these concepts in communication studies has rarely been reflected on …