Social media and democracy : innovations in participatory politics / / edited by Brian D. Loader and Dan Mercea

• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (283 p.)
• Disciplina: 323/.04202854678
• Soggetto topico: Political participation - Technological innovations; Communication in politics - Technological innovations; Social media - Political aspects
• Altri autori: LoaderBrian <1958-> MerceaDan <1980->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-270) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. Social movements : pushing the boundaries of digital political participation -- pt. 2. Participation dynamics : intersections between social and traditional media -- pt. 3. Digital political participation in stasis or flux?.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book critically investigates the complex interaction between social media and contemporary democratic politics, and provides a grounded analysis of the emerging importance of Social media in civic engagement.Social media applications such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, have increasingly been adopted by politicians, political activists and social movements as a means to engage, organize and communicate with citizens worldwide. Drawing on Obama's Presidential campaign, opposition and protests in the Arab states, and the mobilization of support
• Titolo autorizzato: Social media and democracy
• ISBN: 1-283-45855-1; 9786613458551; 1-136-45971-5; 0-203-12697-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910819588103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge research in political communication ; ; 6.