Editors:
- Analyses examples of the use of social media at three level of elections: local, general and presidential
- Presents various case studies from all around the world
- Studies current events in the politic international arena
Part of the book series: Public Administration and Information Technology (PAIT, volume 13)
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Table of contents (20 chapters)
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Front Matter
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The Political Power of Social Media
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Using Social Media in Electoral Marketing
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Social Media in Mobilizing People for Riots and Revolutions
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About this book
Reviews
From the book reviews:
“Divided into three sections, ‘The Political Power of Social Media,’‘Using Social Media in Electoral Marketing,’ and ‘Social Media in Mobilizing People for Riots and Revolutions,’ the international case studies will be interesting to political and social scientists, as well as students of the social aspects of information technology (IT).” (Brad Reid, Computing Reviews, August, 2014)Editors and Affiliations
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Vasile Alecsandri University of Bacau, Bacau, Romania
Bogdan Pătruţ, Monica Pătruţ
About the editors
Dr. Bogdan Pătruţ is an associate professor of computer science at "Vasile Alecsandri" University of Bacău, Romania. His domains of interest/research are computer science applied to social and political sciences and multi-agent systems applied to accounting education. He is also interested in social media challenges in the new academic environment. He published or edited more than 25 books on programming, algorithms, artificial intelligence, interactive education, and social media. He is also a software developer in EduSoft Ltd., where he developed a software for analyzing political speeches using graph theory, Political Analyst.
Dr. Monica Pătrut is senior lecturer of political science at "Vasile Alecsandri" University of Bacău, Romania. Her domains of research are political communication, political marketing and social media in politics and education. She published several academic books on applying information technology in educational, social and political topics. In addition, she wrote papers published in international journals (Public Relations Review, Journal of Media Research, Sfera Politicii) or presented at international conferences on political sciences.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Social Media in Politics
Book Subtitle: Case Studies on the Political Power of Social Media
Editors: Bogdan Pătruţ, Monica Pătruţ
Series Title: Public Administration and Information Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04666-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-04665-5Published: 19 May 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-35579-5Published: 03 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-04666-2Published: 05 May 2014
Series ISSN: 2512-1812
Series E-ISSN: 2512-1839
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 382
Number of Illustrations: 69 b/w illustrations
Topics: Political Communication, Computer Appl. in Social and Behavioral Sciences, Public Administration