Sub-National Democracy and Politics Through Social Media

Th is book analyzes the impact of social media on democracy and politics at the subnational level in developed and developing countries. Over the last decade or so, social media has transformed politics. Off ering political actors opportunities to organize, mobilize, and connect with constituents, v...

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Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Ausgabe:1st ed. 2018.
Schriftenreihe:Public Administration and Information Technology, 29
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ISBN:9783319733869
ISSN:2512-1812 ;
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Zusammenfassung:Th is book analyzes the impact of social media on democracy and politics at the subnational level in developed and developing countries. Over the last decade or so, social media has transformed politics. Off ering political actors opportunities to organize, mobilize, and connect with constituents, voters, and supporters, social media has become an important tool in global politics as well as a force for democracy. Most of the available research literature focuses on the impact of social media at the national level; this book fills that gap by analyzing the political uses of social media at the sub-national level. Th e book is divided into two parts. Part One, "Social Media for Democracy" includes chapters that analyze potential contributions of social media tools to the realizing of basic values of democracy, such as public engagement, transparency, accountability, participation and collaboration at the sub-national level. Part Two, "Social Media in Politics" focuses on the use of social media tools by political actors in political processes and activities (online campaigns, protests etc.) at the local, regional and state government levels during election and non-election periods. Combining theoretical and empirical analysis, each chapter provides evaluations of overarching issues, questions, and problems as well as real-world experiences with social media, politics, and democracy in a diverse sample of municipalities. Th is volume will be of use to graduate students, academicians, and researchers, in several disciplines and fi elds, such as public administration, political science, ICT, sociology, communication studies and public policy as well as politicians and practitioners.
Beschreibung:Political Science and International Studies
Beschreibung:VIII, 222 p. online resource.
ISBN:9783319733869
ISSN:2512-1812 ;