Bruns AxelEnli GunnSkogerbø EliLarsson Anders - The Routledge Companion to Social Media and Politics

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.

Axel Bruns is an Australian Research Council Future Fellow and Professor in the Digital Media Research Centre at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia.

Gunn Enli is Professor of Media Studies at University of Oslo, Norway.

Eli Skogerb is Professor in Media Studies and Co-Head of the Political Communication Research Group at the Department of Media and Communication, University of Oslo, Norway.

Anders Olof Larsson is Associate Professor at Westerdals Oslo School of Arts, Communication and Technology, Norway.

Christian Christensen is Professor of Journalism at Stockholm University, Sweden.

Edited by Axel Bruns , Gunn Enli ,
Eli Skogerb , Anders Olof Larsson ,
and Christian Christensen

First published in paperback 2018

First published 2016
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Bruns, Axel, 1970 editor.
Title: The Routledge companion to social media and politics/edited by Axel Bruns,
Gunn Enli, Eli Skogerb2, Anders Olof Larsson, and Christian Christensen.
Description: New York, NY: Routledge, 2016. | Includes bibliographical
references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2015026472 | ISBN 9781138860766 (hardback) |
ISBN 9781315716299 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Communication in politicsTechnological innovations. |
Political participationTechnological innovations. | Social mediaPolitical
aspects. | Mass mediaPolitical aspects. | World politics.
Classification: LCC JA85. R68 2016 | DDC 320.01/4dc23
LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015026472

ISBN: 9781-138860766 (hbk)

ISBN: 9781-138300934 (pbk)

ISBN: 9781-315716299 (ebk)

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