ABSTRACT While plenty of research has provided important insights into the uses of the Internet by politicians during elections, a relatively scarce amount of work has looked into these uses outside of such parliamentary events. This paper seeks to remedy this lack of research by presenting a study on the 'routine' uses of two of the currently most popular social media services -Facebook and Twitter. Focusing on politicians elected to the national parliaments of Norway and Sweden, the paper employs novel methodologies for data collection and statistical analyses in order to provide an overarching, structural view of the day-to-day social media practices of Scandinavian politicians. Findings indicate that use levels are rather low ...
Research on the use of social network sites by elected politicians has often been narrowed down to b...
Social media and their uses are in an almost constant flux, and the need for comparative approaches ...
Social media gives us all a new way to connect with each other; it also gives politicians a new way ...
While plenty of research has provided important insights into the uses of the Internet by politician...
Social media are often discussed in terms of online novelties. However, especially within the broade...
Social media are often discussed in terms of online novelties. However, especially withi...
Social media in campaigning — citizens and politicians in the 2010 Swedish election With...
Although initially geared towards short, personal status updates, the microblog service Twitter is i...
Abstract Digital media in general, and social media in particular, are a distinctive feature of cont...
Most political parties across the democratic sphere have created their own spaces within social medi...
Drawing on interviews with Norwegian party leaders and political staffers from the 2013 parliamentar...
Social media are playing an increasingly important part in political campaigning. Recent elections h...
Uses of social media for purposes of political campaigning have become widespread across several ele...
While there has been much research on how national politicians’ popularity is related to their parti...
Young citizens increasingly turn to social media platforms for political information. These platform...
Research on the use of social network sites by elected politicians has often been narrowed down to b...
Social media and their uses are in an almost constant flux, and the need for comparative approaches ...
Social media gives us all a new way to connect with each other; it also gives politicians a new way ...
While plenty of research has provided important insights into the uses of the Internet by politician...
Social media are often discussed in terms of online novelties. However, especially within the broade...
Social media are often discussed in terms of online novelties. However, especially withi...
Social media in campaigning — citizens and politicians in the 2010 Swedish election With...
Although initially geared towards short, personal status updates, the microblog service Twitter is i...
Abstract Digital media in general, and social media in particular, are a distinctive feature of cont...
Most political parties across the democratic sphere have created their own spaces within social medi...
Drawing on interviews with Norwegian party leaders and political staffers from the 2013 parliamentar...
Social media are playing an increasingly important part in political campaigning. Recent elections h...
Uses of social media for purposes of political campaigning have become widespread across several ele...
While there has been much research on how national politicians’ popularity is related to their parti...
Young citizens increasingly turn to social media platforms for political information. These platform...
Research on the use of social network sites by elected politicians has often been narrowed down to b...
Social media and their uses are in an almost constant flux, and the need for comparative approaches ...
Social media gives us all a new way to connect with each other; it also gives politicians a new way ...