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[ecrea] new book: Social Media in Politics

Thu Jun 19 20:40:17 GMT 2014




It is my pleasure to tell you about the new book B. Patrut & M. Patrut (Eds.) - "Social Media in Politics: Case Studies on the Political Power of Social Media", Springer, 2014, ISBN 978-3-319-04666-2, 382 p. 69 illus. (Public Administration and Information Technology,
Volume 13, Series Editor Christopher G. Reddick, San Antonio, USA).

http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-3-319-04666-2

The book sets out to analyse the relation between social media and politics by investigating the power of the internet, and more specifically social media, in the political and social discourse. The volume collects original research on the use of social media in political campaigns, electoral marketing, riots and social revolutions, presenting a range of case studies from across the world as well as theoretical and methodological contributions. Examples that explore the use of social media in electoral campaigns include, for instance, studies on the use of Facebook in the 2012 US presidential campaign and in the 2011 Turkish general elections. The final section of the book debates the usage of Twitter and other Web 2.0 tools in mobilizing people for riots and revolutions, presenting and analysing recent events in Istanbul and Egypt, among others.

The book will try to answer questions such:
•    Is there a relation between social media and politics?
•    How can politicians use social media for their electoral marketing?
• How can social networks be used in order to mobilize people for riots or for a social revolution in a country?

Thus, the book is structured into three sections. The first section is an introduc-tory one, where some issues regarding the politics and social media connection are dealt with. An example of an Italian political election is considered. Another chapter deals with the use of graph theory techniques to develop software and tools for politicians in order to improve their online campaign.

Section 2 presents how social media can be used in electoral marketing. This section is structured into 3 parts that correspond to the level of the elections: local elections, general/parliamentary elections, and presidential elections. In fact, these chapters will discuss how Twitter, Facebook or blogging can be used in electoral campaigns. For example, a chapter will focus on the use of Twitter during the 2012 local elections in Belgium. Another chapter deals with the use of social media in Indo-nesia, with a case study concerning the 2012 gubernatorial elections of the Special Region of Jakarta.

The examples of social media used in general elections are from Italy (2013), Slovenia (2011), and Turkey (2011). For example, the participation and success of Movimento 5 Stelle in the 2013 Italian parliamentary elections is presented.

The last part of section 2 presents different aspects of social media usage in presidential elections. Two chapters discuss Facebook use in the 2012 United States presidential campaign, and another chapter details the use of social media as a means for a virtual referendum. Section 3 debates the usage of Twitter and other web 2.0 tools in mobilizing people for different riots or revolutions: a chapter is about the recent riots in Istan-bul and other chapter talks about different protests in South Africa and other coun-tries in the region.

One chapter in this section focuses on social media censorship vs. state respon-sibility for human rights violations, with a case study on Egypt. Another chapter presents Gabriel Tarde’s model and online protests in the eyes of Jewish-Israeli teenage girls. The last chapter presents the role of social media in four cases of mobilization via social media, in India.

The book is addressed to PhD candidates, researchers in social media and in political science, researchers in applied mathematics, politicians, candidates for local elections, and specialists in political marketing.

More about the book:

http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-3-319-04666-2

Thank you!

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Bogdan Patrut
PhD in Computer Science, PhD in Accounting
Author, speaker, editor
Associate Professor at Vasile Alecsandri University of Bacau, Romania
Faculty of Sciences, Department of Mathematics, Computer Science and Education Sciences
Tel. 0040728882288, E-mail: (bogdan /at/ edusoft.ro)
Web: http://www.edusoft.ro/bogdan
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bpatrut

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