There's an app for that: The uses and gratifications of online social networks for gay men

D Gudelunas - Sexuality & Culture, 2012 - Springer
This essay is an exploratory study of the uses and gratifications of social networking
applications and sites widely utilized by gay men. Based on findings from six different focus …

Building an architecture of participation? Political parties and Web 2.0 in Britain

NA Jackson, DG Lilleker - Journal of information technology & …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
This article examines the differences between Web 1.0 and Web 2.0 and how these Web
strategies are used within a political communication context. The data focus on how political …

Facebook affordances and citizen engagement during elections: European political parties and their benefit from online strategies?

K Koc-Michalska, DG Lilleker, T Michalski… - Journal of Information …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
This paper examines how Facebook is used by political parties during elections to extend or
accelerate their reach within the electorate and how successful these efforts are …

[BOK][B] Political communication and cognition

D Lilleker - 2014 - books.google.com
Political Communication and Cognition draws on a range of theories from communication
psychology to explain how citizens receive communication about politics, how …

[PDF][PDF] Is the voter only a tweet away? Micro-blogging in the 2009 European Parliament elections

MRM Vergeer, E Hermans, S Sams - 2011 - repository.ubn.ru.nl
This study explores the use of Twitter by candidates, in particular their networking and micro–
blogging activities in the election campaign for the European Parliament elections of 2009 in …

Cognitive needs and use of social media: A comparative study of gratifications sought and gratification obtained

A Hussain, G Shabir - Information Discovery and Delivery, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this study is to compare the gratification sought and gratification
obtained for cognitive needs from social media among information professionals in the …

A critical analysis of the “dialogic communications” potential of sub-Saharan African Police Service websites

NO Madichie, R Hinson - Public relations review, 2014 - Elsevier
This study examines the socio-economic development potential of engaging dialogue on
sub-Saharan Africa Police Service Websites (SSAPWs). Drawing upon Kent and Taylor's …

Digital media and youth engagement

WL Bennett, DG Freelon, MM Hussain… - The SAGE handbook of …, 2012 - torrossa.com
The story of communication and civic engagement that has developed over the past century
of political communication scholarship goes something like this. Civic engagement begins …

An exploration of social media-enabled voter relationships through uses and gratifications theory, psychological contract and service-dominant orientation

A Abid, P Harrigan - Australasian marketing journal, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
The relationship that develops between voters and political entities on social media is under-
researched. This study offers insight into this contemporary phenomenon by exploring the …

Social media in the UK election campaigns 2008-2014: Experimentation, innovation, and convergence

DG Lilleker, N Jackson… - The Routledge companion …, 2015 - taylorfrancis.com
The social media element of the 2008 Barack Obama campaign became a global
phenomenon, and inspired politicians and staffers around the world to engage with voters …