Overview
- Evaluates the use of social media tools for democracy and politics at the sub-national level from theoretical and practical perspectives
- Presents comparative, global case studies from countries with different political traditions, administrative structures, and socioeconomic levels
- Fills a void in the study of social media in politics by focusing on its implementation in small, local government rather than on a national scale
Part of the book series: Public Administration and Information Technology (PAIT, volume 29)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Drivers and Barriers
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Front Matter
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Social Media for Democracy
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Social Media in Politics
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About this book
This book analyzes the impact of social media on democracy and politics at the sub-national level in developed and developing countries. Over the last decade or so, social media has transformed politics. Offering 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.
The 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. This volume will be of use to graduate students, academicians, and researchers, in several disciplines and fields, such as public administration, political science, ICT, sociology, communication studies and public policy as well as politicians and practitioners.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Sub-National Democracy and Politics Through Social Media
Editors: Mehmet Zahid Sobacı, İbrahim Hatipoğlu
Series Title: Public Administration and Information Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73386-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-73385-2Published: 14 March 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-10367-5Published: 15 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-73386-9Published: 27 February 2018
Series ISSN: 2512-1812
Series E-ISSN: 2512-1839
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 222
Topics: Political Communication, Democracy, Social Media