Mobile media have become increasingly popular and important in recent years as a means
of accessing political information and participating in politics and elections worldwide …

Starting from the contribution to the discussion on a fourth age of political communication,
here we argue that, as a consequence of how the Web 2.0 has changed political campaigns …

The first generation of Digital Natives (DNs) is now growing up. However, these digital
natives were rather late starters, since their exposure to computers started when they could …

This review essay will first examine the commonly accepted history of YouTube and how
people have defined it. It will then turn to studies of YouTube itself, then to studies of some of …

Social media have an increasingly important place in the lives of citizens, and their potential
to expand the reach of communication messages beyond individual networks is attractive to …

In 2009, the Obama administration issued the Open Government Initiative that directed
Executive agencies to improve transparency, openness in government, and public …

It is undoubtedly true that social media such as Facebook and Twitter are influencing the
ways in which politicians engage the public, no longer hostage to the gatekee** …

Political conversations are according to theories on deliberative democracy essential to well-
functioning democracies. Traditionally, these conversations have taken place in face-to-face …

Adding to the growing scholarship on the use and role of social media in election
campaigning, this article examines and compares the character and determinants of Internet …

Governments worldwide are increasingly attempting to use the internet to engage citizens.
After an initial focus on delivery of information and services via what technologists call Web …