The Routledge Companion To Social Media And Politics (routledge Media And Cultural Studies Companions)

Politics in the age of hybrid media : power, systems, and media lolics -- Network media logic : some conceptual considerations -- Where there is social media there is politics -- Is Habermas on twitter? Social media and the public sphere -- Third space, social media, and everyday political talk -- Tipping the balance of power : social media and the transformation of political journalism -- Agenda-setting revisited : social media and sourcing in mainstrean journalism -- "Trust me, I am authentic!" : authenticity illusions in social media politics -- How to speak the truth on social media : an inquiry into port-dialectical information environments.;Social media are now widely used for political protests, campaigns, and communication in developed and developing nations, but available research has not yet paid sufficient attention to experiences beyond the US and UK. This collection tackles this imbalance head-on, compiling cutting-edge research across six continents to provide a comprehensive, global, up-to-date review of recent political uses of social media. Drawing together empirical analyses of the use of social media by political movements and in national and regional elections and referenda, The Routledge Companion to Social Media and Politics presents studies ranging from Anonymous and the Arab Spring to the Greek Aganaktismenoi, and from South Korean presidential elections to the Scottish independence referendum. The book is framed by a selection of keystone theoretical contributions, evaluating and updating existing frameworks for the social media age.-- Cover Title Copyright Contents List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgements Contributors Introduction PART I Theories of Social Media and Politics 1 Politics in the Age of Hybrid Media: Power, Systems, and Media Logics 2 Network Media Logic: Some Conceptual Considerations 3 Where There Is Social Media There Is Politics 4 Is Habermas on Twitter? Social Media and the Public Sphere 5 Third Space, Social Media, and Everyday Political Talk 6 Tipping the Balance of Power: Social Media and the Transformation of Political Journalism 7 Agenda-Setting Revisited: Social Media and Sourcing in Mainstream Journalism 8 "Trust Me, I Am Authentic!": Authenticity Illusions in Social Media Politics 9 How to Speak the Truth on Social Media: An Inquiry into Post-Dialectical Information Environments PART II Political Movements 10 All Politics Is Local: Anonymous and the Steubenville/Maryville Rape Cases 11 Social Media Accounts of the Spanish Indignados 12 Every Crisis Is a Digital Opportunity: The Aganaktismenoi Movement's Use of Social Media and the Emergence of Networked Solidarity in Greece 13 Social Media Use during Political Crises: The Case of the Gezi Protests in Turkey 14 Structures of Feeling, Storytelling, and Social Media: The Case of #Egypt 15 The Importance of 'Social' in Social Media: Lessons from Iran 16 Digital Knives Are Still Knives: The Affordances of Social Media for a Repressed Opposition against an Entrenched Authoritarian Regime in Azerbaijan 17 Social Media and Social Movements: Weak Publics, the Online Space, Spatial Relations, and Collective Action in Singapore 18 Social Media and Civil Society Actions in India 19 Cyberactivism in China: Empowerment, Control, and Beyond 20 Voicing Discontent in South Korea: Origins and Channels of Online Civic Movements 21 Nationalist and Anti-Fascist Movements in Social Media PART III Political Campaigns 22 From Emerging to Established? A Comparison of Twitter Use during Swedish Election Campaigns in 2010 and 2014 23 Social Media in the UK Election Campaigns 2008-2014: Experimentation, Innovation, and Convergence 24 Compulsory Voting, Encouraged Tweeting? Australian Elections and Social Media 25 Not Just a Face(book) in the Crowd: Candidates' Use of Facebook during the Danish 2011 Parliamentary Election Campaign 26 Social Media Incumbent Advantage: Barack Obama's and Mitt Romney's Tweets in the 2012 U.S. Presidential Election Campaign 27 The 2012 French Presidential Campaign: First Steps into the Political Twittersphere 28 The Emergence of Social Media Politics in South Korea: The Case of the 2012 Presidential Election 29 Interactions between Different Language Communities on Twitter during the 2012 Presidential Election in Taiwan 30 Social Media Use in the German Election Campaign 2013 31 Comparing Facebook and Twitter during the 2013 General Election in Italy 32 Social Media and Election Campaigns in Sub-Saharan Africa: Insights from Cameroon 33 Social Media and Elections in Kenya 34 Electoral Politics on Social Media: The Israeli Case 35 Social Media and the Scottish Independence Referendum 2014: Events and the Generation of Enthusiasm for Yes 36 The Use of Twitter in the Danish EP Elections 2014 37 Twitter in Political Campaigns: The Brazilian 2014 Presidential Election Index « Social media are now widely used for political protests, campaigns, and communication in developed and developing nations, but available research has not yet paid sufficient attention to experiences beyond the US and UK. This collection tackles this imbalance head-on, compiling cutting-edge research across six continents to provide a comprehensive, global, up-to-date review of recent political uses of social media. Drawing together empirical analyses of the use of social media by political movements and in national and regional elections and referenda, The Routledge Companion to Social Media and Politics presents studies ranging from Anonymous and the Arab Spring to the Greek Aganaktismenoi, and from South Korean presidential elections to the Scottish independence referendum. The book is framed by a selection of keystone theoretical contributions, evaluating and updating existing frameworks for the social media age. »-- Résumé de l'éditeur Social media are now widely used for political protests, campaigns, and communication in developed and developing nations, but available research has not yet paid sufficient attention to experiences beyond the US and UK. This collection tackles this imbalance head-on, compiling cutting-edge research across six continents to provide a comprehensive, global, up-to-date review of recent political uses of social media. Drawing together empirical analyses of the use of social media by political movements and in national and regional elections and referenda, The Routledge Companion to Social Media and Politics presents studies ranging from Anonymous and the Arab Spring to the Greek Aganaktismenoi, and from South Korean presidential elections to the Scottish independence referendum. The book is framed by a selection of keystone theoretical contributions, evaluating and updating existing frameworks for the social media age.-- Provided by Publisher Drawing together empirical analyses of the use of social media by political movements and in national and regional elections and referenda, this book presents studies ranging from Anonymous and the Arab Spring to the Greek Aganaktismenoi, and from South Korean presidential elections to the Scottish independence referendum. . Edited By Axel Bruns, Gunn Enli, Eli Skogerbø, Anders Olof Larsson, And Christian Christensen. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.