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[ecrea] new book - Social Media and Democracy

Tue Jan 10 14:24:01 GMT 2012




politics

Social Media and Democracy
Innovations in Participatory Politics

Edited by Brian D Loader, Dan Mercea



I am pleased to share with Social Media and Democracy, edited by Brian D Loader and Dan Mercea, which is published this month, and would like to invite you to recommend this title to your librarian by following the link above.

This book critically investigates the complex interaction between social media and contemporary democratic politics, and provides a grounded analysis of the emerging importance of Social media in civic engagement.

Social media applications such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, have increasingly been adopted by politicians, political activists and social movements as a means to engage, organize and communicate with citizens worldwide. Drawing on Obama’s Presidential campaign, opposition and protests in the Arab states, and the mobilization of support for campaigns against tuition fee increases and the UK Uncut demonstrations, this book presents evidence-based research and analysis. Renowned international scholars examine the salience of the network as a metaphor for understanding our social world, but also the centrality of the Internet in civic and political networks. Whilst acknowledging the power of social media, the contributors question the claim it is a utopian tool of democracy, and suggests a cautious approach to facilitate more participative democracy is necessary.

Providing the most up-to-date analysis of social media, citizenship and democracy, Social Media and Democracy will be of strong interest to students and scholars of Political Science, Social Policy, Sociology, Communication Studies, Computing and Information and Communications Technologies.
Series: Routledge Research in Political Communication

Hardback: 978-0-415-68370-8

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Many thanks for your time.

Leigh-Ann Bard

Marketing Assistant

Politics and International Relations

Military, Strategic and Security Studies

(Leigh-Ann.Bard /at/ tandf.co.uk)








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