Social Media and Politics in Central and Eastern Europe
London; New York: Routledge (2018), xvi, 207 pp.
Contains illustrations, charts, index
Series: BASEES-Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies, 113
ISBN 978-1-138-10082-4 (hbk); 978-1-315-65743-1 (ebook)
"This book surveys current developments in social media and politics in a range of Central and Eastern European countries, including Ukraine and Russia. It explores the process of adoption of social media by politicians, journalists and civic activists, examines the impact of the different social and cultural backgrounds of the countries studied, and discusses specific political situations, such as the 2012 protests in Moscow and the 2014 EuroMaidan events in Ukraine, where social media played an important role. The book concludes by addressing how the relationship between social media and politics is likely to develop and how it might affect the still relatively new democracies in the region." (Publisher description)
Introduction: Social media, politics and democracy in the post-transition Central and Eastern Europe / Pawel Surowiec and Václav Stetka, 1
PART I: POLITICAL PARTIES, ACTORS AND SOCIAL MEDIA
1 Who is afraid of the platforms? Adoption and strategies of use of social media by politicians in the Czech Republic / Alena Macková, Václav Stetka, Jan Zápotocký, Radim Hladík, 23
2 The 2014 presidential elections campaining in Romania connecting with civic-ness on Facebook / Monica Patrut, 45
3 Towards self-mediatization of politics: representatives' use of Facebook and Twitter in Croatia and Hungary / Norbert Merkovity, 64
4 Personalisation and political communication in social media: the 2014 Slovenian national election campaign / Tomaz Dezelan, Alem Maksuti and Jernej Prodnik, 81
5 Professionalization and intentional disengagement: Facebook campaigning in the local Bulgarian elections in 2015 / Ognyan Seizov, 101
PART II: SOCIAL MOVEMENTS, INTEREST AND PROFESSIONAL GROUPS AND SOCIAL MEDIA
6 We have been to Bolotnaya: Russian protests, the online public sphere and the discourse of division / Alina Ryabovolova, 123
7 The networked public sphere and Ukrainian journalists / Dmytro Hubenko and Melissa Wall, 142
8 Branding Poland online: propagating and resisting nation branding on Facebook / Pawel Surowiec and Magdalena Kania-Lundholm, 160
9 The dilemmas of social media-enabled civic activism: the case of sexual minorities in Lithuania / Galina Miazhevich, 182
Conclusions / Václav Stetka and Pawel Surowiec, 198
PART I: POLITICAL PARTIES, ACTORS AND SOCIAL MEDIA
1 Who is afraid of the platforms? Adoption and strategies of use of social media by politicians in the Czech Republic / Alena Macková, Václav Stetka, Jan Zápotocký, Radim Hladík, 23
2 The 2014 presidential elections campaining in Romania connecting with civic-ness on Facebook / Monica Patrut, 45
3 Towards self-mediatization of politics: representatives' use of Facebook and Twitter in Croatia and Hungary / Norbert Merkovity, 64
4 Personalisation and political communication in social media: the 2014 Slovenian national election campaign / Tomaz Dezelan, Alem Maksuti and Jernej Prodnik, 81
5 Professionalization and intentional disengagement: Facebook campaigning in the local Bulgarian elections in 2015 / Ognyan Seizov, 101
PART II: SOCIAL MOVEMENTS, INTEREST AND PROFESSIONAL GROUPS AND SOCIAL MEDIA
6 We have been to Bolotnaya: Russian protests, the online public sphere and the discourse of division / Alina Ryabovolova, 123
7 The networked public sphere and Ukrainian journalists / Dmytro Hubenko and Melissa Wall, 142
8 Branding Poland online: propagating and resisting nation branding on Facebook / Pawel Surowiec and Magdalena Kania-Lundholm, 160
9 The dilemmas of social media-enabled civic activism: the case of sexual minorities in Lithuania / Galina Miazhevich, 182
Conclusions / Václav Stetka and Pawel Surowiec, 198
