ABSTRACT

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.

part I|146 pages

Theories of Social Media and Politics

chapter 1|16 pages

Politics in the Age of Hybrid Media

Power, Systems, and Media Logics

chapter 2|16 pages

Network Media LOGIC

Some Conceptual Considerations

chapter 4|18 pages

Is Habermas on Twitter?

Social Media and the Public Sphere

chapter 6|15 pages

Tipping the Balance of Power

Social Media and the Transformation of Political Journalism

chapter 7|17 pages

Agenda-Setting Revisited

Social Media and Sourcing in Mainstream Journalism

chapter 8|16 pages

"Trust Me, I Am Authentic!"

Authenticity Illusions in Social Media Politics

chapter 9|14 pages

How to Speak the Truth on Social Media

An Inquiry into Post-Dialectical Information Environments

part II|157 pages

Political Movements

chapter 10|12 pages

All Politics Is Local

Anonymous and the Steubenville/ Maryville Rape Cases

chapter 12|14 pages

Every Crisis Is a Digital Opportunity

The Aganaktismenoi Movement's Use of Social Media and the Emergence of Networked Solidarity in Greece

chapter 13|13 pages

Social Media Use During Political Crises

The Case of the Gezi Protests in Turkey

chapter 15|12 pages

The Importance of 'Social' in Social Media

Lessons from Iran

chapter 16|13 pages

Digital Knives are Still Knives

The Affordances of Social Media for a Repressed Opposition against an Entrenched Authoritarian Regime in Azerbaijan

chapter 17|11 pages

Social Media and Social Movements

Weak Publics, the Online Space, Spatial Relations, and Collective Action in Singapore

chapter 19|13 pages

Cyberactivism in China

Empowerment, Control, and Beyond

chapter 20|15 pages

Voicing Discontent in South Korea

Origins and Channels of Online Civic Movements

part III|222 pages

Political Campaigns

chapter 22|14 pages

From Emerging to Established?

A Comparison of Twitter Use during Swedish Election Campaigns in 2010 and 2014

chapter 23|13 pages

Social Media in the UK Election Campaigns 2008-2014

Experimentation, Innovation, and Convergence

chapter 24|13 pages

Compulsory Voting, Encouraged Tweeting?

Australian Elections and Social Media

chapter 25|13 pages

Not Just a Face(Book) in the Crowd

Candidates' Use of Facebook during the Danish 2011 Parliamentary Election Campaign

chapter 26|14 pages

Social Media Incumbent Advantage

Barack Obama's and Mitt Romney's Tweets in the 2012 U.S. Presidential Election Campaign

chapter 27|13 pages

The 2012 French Presidental Campaign

First Steps into the Political Twittersphere

chapter 28|15 pages

The Emergence of Social Media Politics in South Korea

The Case of the 2012 Presidential Election

chapter 32|13 pages

Social Media and Election Campaigns in Sub-Saharan Africa

Insights from Cameroon

chapter 34|17 pages

Electoral Politics on Social Media

The Israeli Case

chapter 35|15 pages

Social Media and the Scottish Independence Referendum 2014

Events and the Generation of Enthusiasm for Yes 1

chapter 37|13 pages

Twitter in Political Campaigns

The Brazilian 2014 Presidential Election