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Chapter 1. The Digital Present and the Future of Political Communication; Introduction and Prospects -- Part 1. Digital Methodologies -- Chapter 2. New Methodological Perspectives in Political Communication Research: Machine Learning and Algorithms -- Chapter 3. Feminist Framing in Times of Pandemic: an Analysis of the Spanish Case -- Chapter 4. Ten Years of Immigration: Ten Years of Polarisation? Natural Language Processing Techniques for the Study of the Andalusian Case -- Part 2. Case Studies -- Chapter 5. Social Media as an Information and Voter Activity Tool on the Example of the 2020 Presidential Election in Poland -- Chapter 6. Digital Disinformation During the 2020 Parliamentary Elections in Lithuania -- Chapter 7. Mexico's Governmental Communication Strategy "Las Vespertinas" in Times of COVID-19: Crises and Strategies of a Populist Government -- Chapter 8. Polish Deputies Support to the Anti-vaccination Movement in Social Media. The Case of Confederation Leaders -- Chapter 9. Memory and Remembrance in Digital Populist Discourse in Times of COVID-19 Pandemic: Case Study of @TPPatriots (Tea Party Patriots) Activity on Twitter -- Chapter 10. The Anti-feminist Agenda of the Spanish Populist Radical Right in Times of COVID-19 Crisis: a Comparative Approach -- Chapter 11. Rise of E-citizens in Croatia - a Case Study of the Croatian Main eGovernment Platform During the Time of the Pandemic -- Part 3. Reflections on Social Changes and Future Directions and Challenges -- Chapter 12. Distributed, Decentralized Registries and Digital State. Are We Moving Toward a Blockchain Democracy? -- Chapter 13. Development of Central Bank Digital Currency as a Payment Method for the SARS-COV-2 Virus Pandemic -- Chapter 14. Populism, Political Legitimacy & Digital Communication: An Alternative Conversation.

Intro -- Acknowledgments -- About This Book -- Contents -- Contributors -- 1 Dynamics, Risks and Opportunities of Digitalization: An Introduction -- 1 Lessons from Central/Eastern and Southern Europe -- 2 The Internet and Democracy -- 3 Concerns About Democracy in the Digital Age -- References -- 2 E-Voting and Transformation of Participation in Europe: Exploring the Profile of E-Voters in Poland -- 1 Introduction -- 2 ICT and Transformation of Participation: Participation-E-Participation-E-Voting -- 3 Methodology -- 4 Results -- 4.1 Europe -- 4.2 Poland -- 5 Conclusions and Questions -- References -- 3 YouTube and Traditional Media: Polarization in the Catalan Political Conflict -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methodology -- 3 Findings -- 4 Conclusion and Discussion -- References -- 4 Digital (and Traditional) Media Usage in Spanish Electoral Campaigns -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Theoretical Framework -- 3 Methodology -- 4 Results -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- 5 The "Non-Campaign" and the "Non-Elections" on the Internet in the 2020 "Spring" Presidential Election Campaign in Poland -- 1 Introduction: The Internet as an Electoral Communication Channel -- 2 Election Campaign During the Epidemic -- 3 Research and Results -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- 6 Exploring the Role of New Media in Evolution of Political Rivalry in Poland-Evidences from Presidential Elections from 1995 to 2015 -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Literature Review -- 3 Methodology -- 4 Results -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- 7 The Use of ICT in the Citizens' Legislative Initiative in Poland: State of Art and Proposals for Change -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Current Legal Status -- 3 Proposed Amendments -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- 8 Political Participation in the Internet Age: Mobile Applications as Tools Determining Political Activity -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Current State of Research.

This book explores the digital transformations of democracy and democratic societies. It examines the various challenges posed by these transformations in the context of political practice and to theoreticians of democracy and political communication. The authors present studies from different countries, related to various effects of digitalization processes. Topics covered include, but are not limited to: Innovation in civil society research, new forms of civic participation, new dimensions of democratization and local governance processes, political changes and public participation, civic and political activities, political campaigning or other phenomenon driven by the implementation of information and communications technology (ICT) into politics. Therefore, the book is a must-read for all scholars and researchers of political science, practitioners, and policy-makers, interested in a better understanding of digital politics, digitalization processes, and democracy in general.

In recent years, we have witnessed an increasing consolidation of different realms where citizens can deliberate and discuss a variety of topics of general interest, including politics. The comments on news posts in online media are a good example. The first theoretical contributions called attention to the potential of those spaces to build a healthy (civic and participatory) public sphere, going much deeper in the process of political dialogue and deliberation (Fung, Gilman, & Shkabatur, 2013; Lilleker & Jackson, 2008; O'Reilly, 2005; Stromer-Galley & Wichowski, 2011). Polarization has been configured as a constant feature of the quality of the mentioned dialogues, particularly in Mediterranean countries (polarized pluralists' cases). One of the research challenges at the moment has to do with the scrutiny of polarization within the political deliberation provoked by news stories. The goal of this article is the analysis of political dialogue from the perspective of the polarization in the increasingly popular network YouTube, which is presenting very particular characteristics. Using a sample of almost 400,000 posted comments about diverse topics (climate change, the Catalonian crisis, and Political parties' electoral ads) we propose an automated method in order to measure polarization. Our hypothesis is that the number of comments (quantitative variable) is positively related to their polarization (qualitative variable). We will also include in the examination information about the ideological editorial line of newspapers, the type of topic under discussion, the amount of traceable dialogue, etc. We propose an index to (1) measure the polarization of each comment and use it to show how this value has behaved over time; and (2) verify the hypothesis using the average polarization of comments for each video.

In recent years, we have witnessed an increasing consolidation of different realms where citizens can deliberate and discuss a variety of topics of general interest, including politics. The comments on news posts in online media are a good example. The first theoretical contributions called attention to the potential of those spaces to build a healthy (civic and participatory) public sphere, going much deeper in the process of political dialogue and deliberation (Fung, Gilman & Shkabatur, 2013; Lilleker & Jackson, 2008; O'Reilly, 2005; Stromer-Galley & Wichowski, 2011). Polarization has been configured as a constant feature of the quality of the mentioned dialogues, particularly in Mediterranean countries (polarized pluralists' cases). One of the research challenges at the moment has to do with the scrutiny of polarization within the political deliberation provoked by news stories. The goal of this article is the analysis of political dialogue from the perspective of the polarization in the increasingly popular network YouTube, which is presenting very particular characteristics. Using a sample of almost 400,000 posted comments about diverse topics (climate change, the Catalonian crisis, and Political parties' electoral ads) we propose an automated method in order to measure polarization. Our hypothesis is that the number of comments (quantitative variable) is positively related to their polarization (qualitative variable). We will also include in the examination information about the ideological editorial line of newspapers, the type of topic under discussion, the amount of traceable dialogue, etc. We propose an index to (1) measure the polarization of each comment and use it to show how this value has behaved over time; and (2) verify the hypothesis using the average polarization of comments for each video.

Este texto se enfoca en las relaciones entre mujeres y política en diversos escenarios de las prácticas ciudadanas: las agendas y los estudios feministas, las fronteras, la sociedad civil y la calle, los partidos políticos, los medios de comunicación, así como los espacios legislativos. En estos diversos escenarios las mujeres ponen en entredicho la igualdad, la justicia y la ciudadanía y abren nuevos entendimientos de las sociedades contemporáneas. Los artículos compilados revelan la consolidación de los estudios feministas y de género, en especial, del campo de las mujeres y políticas. Muestran una reflexión madura que ha rebasado el reconocimiento y emprende hacia su especialización, tanto disciplinaria como interdisciplinaria. Al mismo tempo plantean algunos desafíos pendientes: los temas de la redistribución, de la expansión de la justicia de género a escenarios de fronteras y de la diversidad, el entendimiento de los nuevos sujetos creados por el feminismo y sus políticas, entre otros.