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Book SynopsisThis thoroughly revised second edition Handbook examines the latest knowledge and perspectives on digital politics. Through new content on digital populism, filter bubbles, algorithmic power, AI, non-Western digital politics, election communication regulation and right-wing alternative news media, contributors challenge the binary of cyber-optimism and cyber-pessimism and argue for a more nuanced understanding of political change.
Arranged around key themes, this Handbook investigates the meaning of digital politics and analyses the impact of new technologies and platforms on politics. Chapters consider the digital reconfiguration of civic practices, political institutions and journalism. Leading scholars provide original, incisive and provocative insights into cutting-edge issues, exploring how the expansion of digital technologies, channels and styles shapes political dynamics.
Providing a broad and in-depth overview of digital politics, this Handbook will be an invaluable resource for researchers, educators and students of politics, media and communication studies, journalism, technology and governance. It will also be essential reading for political practitioners, policy-makers and strategists seeking to better understand the digital world.
Trade Review‘Political processes and digital communication continue to collide and intersect in new and unforeseen ways, and rarely fail to generate crises and controversies, but also hopes and opportunities, as they do so. This magnificent collection takes a timely and sober look at current developments, and offers a comprehensive overview of cutting-edge research in the field.’ -- Axel Bruns, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
‘Coleman and Sorensen bring us a comprehensive and nuanced portrait of the role of digital media in politics—broadly understood—from top scholars. This book is essential reading for anyone who seeks enlightenment about the uses, meanings, and effects of the Internet and social media on political life.’ -- Jennifer Stromer-Galley, Syracuse University, US
Table of ContentsContents: Introduction to the Handbook of Digital Politics (Second Edition) xi Stephen Coleman and Lone Sorensen PART I WAYS OF SEEING, LISTENING TO AND WRITING ABOUT DIGITAL POLITICS 1 A rhetoric of digital politics 2 Stephen Coleman and Lone Sorensen 2 De-Westernizing digital politics: a Global South viewpoint 15 Bruce Mutsvairo, Fabíola Ortiz dos Santos and Tenford Chitanana 3 Visual digital politics: imag(in)ing political activities and identities online 29 Katy Parry 4 Revolution vs reaction: the role of social media in authoritarian regimes 43 Anna Litvinenko 5 Transnational and global flows of political discussion online 56 Yuan Zeng PART II CITIZENSHIP AND POLITICAL TALK 6 The Internet as a civic space 73 Peter Dahlgren 7 Political filter bubbles and fragmented publics 88 Cristian Vaccari and Augusto Valeriani 8 Computational approaches to online political expression: a framework for research 106 Mengyu Li, Luhang Sun, Yiming Wang, Yibing Sun, Hyerin Kwon, Jiyoun Suk, JungHwan Yang and Dhavan V. Shah 9 Creating spaces for online deliberation 132 Christopher Birchall and Stephen Coleman 10 New frontiers in two-screen politics 150 Nick Anstead and Ben O’Loughlin 11 Gen Z’s civic engagement: news use, politics, and cultural engagement 163 Ava Francesca Battocchio, Chris Wells, Emily Vraga, Kjerstin Thorson, Stephanie Edgerly and Leticia Bode 12 Gen Z’s civic engagement: civic skills, political expression, and identity 175 Ava Francesca Battocchio, Leticia Bode, Chris Wells, Emily Vraga, Kjerstin Thorson and Stephanie Edgerly PART III TECHNOLOGY AND PLATFORMS 13 Becoming eventful through data: the mediated construction of historic events in the age of data 189 Heather Ford 14 Algorithms, power and digital politics 202 Ulrike Klinger 15 Social media digital architectures: a platform-first approach to political communication and participation 219 Michael Bossetta 16 Artificial intelligence in politics 235 Leah Henrickson 17 Online content moderation during conflict 252 Giovanni De Gregorio and Nicole Stremlau PART IV CONTENTIOUS POLITICS, CIVIL AND NETWORKED SOCIETY 18 The Fifth Estate: a new source of democratic accountability 265 William H. Dutton and Elizabeth Dubois 19 The logic of connective action: digital media and the personalization of contentious politics 280 W. Lance Bennett and Alexandra Segerberg 20 Media ecologies, social movements and activism 306 Emiliano Treré 21 E-petitioning and changing state–citizen engagement 320 Scott Wright and Ariadne Vromen 22 From Valencia filters to #BlackOutTuesday: collective action on Instagram 331 Elena Sotelo-Prol 23 Post-Soviet digital democratization experiments: the promise and reality 346 Yuri Misnikov PART V POLITICAL PARTIES, LEADERS AND GOVERNANCE 24 The digital performance of populism 362 Thomas Wellings and Lone Sorensen 25 Political communication about data 380 Brendan Lawson 26 Regulation of election communication 393 Damian Tambini PART VI JOURNALISM, APPARENT JOURNALISM AND MEDIA INSTITUTIONS 27 Social media as resources for journalistic struggle in politically restrictive settings 410 Banafsheh Ranji 28 Fake news and digital politics 424 Bente Kalsnes 29 Right-wing alternative news media and digital politics 436 Kristoffer Holt 30 Research on the political implications of political entertainment 449 Michael A. Xenos Index
