Social Media in Politics, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
Case Studies on the Political Power of Social Media
Public Administration and Information Technology Series, Vol. 13

Coordinators: Pătruţ Bogdan, Pătruţ Monica

Language: English

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This volume sets out to analyse the relation between social media and politics by investigating the power of the internet and more specifically social media, in the political and social discourse. The volume collects original research on the use of social media in political campaigns, electoral marketing, riots and social revolutions, presenting a range of case studies from across the world as well as theoretical and methodological contributions. Examples that explore the use of social media in electoral campaigns include, for instance, studies on the use of Face book in the 2012 US presidential campaign and in the 2011 Turkish general elections. The final section of the book debates the usage of Twitter and other Web 2.0 tools in mobilizing people for riots and revolutions, presenting and analysing recent events in Istanbul and Egypt, among others.
Foreword.- Preface.-Part I: The Political Power of Social Media.- Part II: Using Social Media in Electoral Marketing.- Part III: Social Media in Mobilizating People for Riots and Revolutions.

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.

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