Politics and the internet in comparative context: views from the cloud
In: Routledge research in political communication 11
1. Taking stock : a meta-analysis of the virtual public sphere in communication journals / Dan Mercea, Eleftheria Lekakis and Paul G. Nixon -- 2. The Internet and the decline of Euro-American democracy / Michael Margolis and Gerson Moreno-Riano -- 3. The semi-sovereign netizen : the fifth estate in China / Sun Huan, William H. Dutton and Weiwei Shen -- 4. New techniques, new mobilizations? French parties in the web 2.0 era / Fabienne Greffet -- 5. Do ethos, ideology, country and electoral strength make a difference in cyberspace? Testing an explanatory model of parties' websites / Maria Laura Sudulich -- 6. "Why fix it when it's not broken?" Continuity and adaptation in Romanian presidential e-campaigning / Maria Mocanu, Adina Aldea and Rajash Rawal -- 7. Online party politics : studying the presence of some African political parties on the Internet / Susana Salgado -- 8. Extreme right organizations and online politics : a comparative analysis of five Western democracies / Manuela Caiani and Linda Parenti -- 9. Ourselves alone (but making connections) : the social media strategies of Sinn Fein / Paul Reilly -- 10. City Hall 2.0? Italian local executive officials' presence and popularity on web 2.0 platforms / Cristian Vaccari -- 11. Making democracy work online? Interpreting the web presence of Italian regions / Lorenzo Mosca -- 12. MEPs online : understanding communication strategies for remote representatives / Karolina Koc-Michalska and Darren Lilleker -- 13. Unaffiliated socialization and social media recruitment : reflections from Occupy the Netherlands / Dan Mercea, Paul G. Nixon and Andreas Funk.