Our study explores the adoption of Facebook and Twitter by candidates in the 2013 German
Federal elections. Utilizing data from the German Longitudinal Election Study candidate …

The effect of social media as a potential sphere for public deliberation still remains unclear.
For some analysts, social media can create a vibrant space for political discussion, whereas …

Purpose Acquiring “Likes” for a political party or candidate's Facebook pages is important for
political marketers. For consumers, these “Likes” are conspicuous, making their political …

This paper examines manifestations of Europeanization in online community whose
purpose is to create and share memes on European issues. The group, referred to in this …

The outcomes of a bibliographic review on political communication, in particular electoral
communication in social networks, are presented here. The electoral campaigning are a …

Using the 2014 Scottish independence referendum as a case study, this article asks first, to
what extent is the use of digital communications technologies, in particular social media …

The creation of national personifications is a political act that informs us about ideological
and cognitive strategies underpinning nation-building. Many European nations are …

Abstract The discovery of North Sea oil in the 1960s was followed by significant support for
the pro-independence SNP. A devolved Scottish Parliament was established in 1999, which …

This paper draws on 10 months of empirical research observing how the Scottish
independence movement mobilized during 2020, the unique period of time when the UK …

This paper explores perspectives from which citizen participation in media debates on civic
issues can be reconsidered by means of a review of the existing literature on this subject …