Ebook: The Routledge Companion to Social Media and Politics

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.--