[ecrea] New book announcement 'Social Media and Politics in Central and Eastern Europe'

We are pleased to announce the publication of a new book entitled:

'Social Media and Politics in Central and Eastern Europe'

Edited by

Pawel Surowiec and Václav Stetka

 for Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies

About the Book

Social media are increasingly revolutionising the ways in which 
political communication works, and their importance for engaging 
citizens in politics and public affairs is well understood by political 
actors. 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.

Table of Contents

Foreword Darren Lilleker

Introduction: social media, politics and democracy in the 
post-transition Central and Eastern Europe Pawel Surowiec and Václav Stetka

Part I - Political parties, actors and social media

Chapter 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

Chapter 2: Presidential elections campaining in Romania: connecting with 
civic-ness on Facebook Monica Patrut

Chapter 3: Towards self-mediatization of politics: representatives' use 
of Facebook and Twitter in Croatia and Hungary Norbert Merkovity

Chapter 4: Political use of social media and personalisation of 
political communication in Slovenia, Tomaz Dezelan, Alem Maksuti and 
Jernej Amon Prodnik

Chapter 5: Professionalization and intentional disengagement: Facebook 
campaigning in the local Bulgarian elections in 2015 Ognyan Seizov

Part II: Social movements, interest and professional groups and social Media

Chapter 6: We have been to Bolotnaya: Russian protests, the online 
public sphere and the discourse of division Alina Ryabovolova

Chapter 7: The networked public sphere and Ukrainian journalists Dmytro 
Hubenko and Melissa Wall

Chapter 8: Branding Poland online: propagating and resisting nation 
branding on Facebook Pawel Surowiec and Magdalena Kania Lundholm

Chapter 9: The dilemmas of social media-enabled civic activism: the case 
of sexual minorities in Lithunia Galina Miazhevich

Conclusions Václav Stetka and Pawel Surowiec

About the Editors

Pawel Surowiec is Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Media and 
Communication at Bournemouth University.

Václav Stetka is Lecturer in the Department of Social Sciences at 
Loughborough University.

The Book Site:

https://www.routledge.com/Social-Media-and-Politics-in-Central-and-Eastern-Europe/Surowiec-Stetka/p/book/9781138100824

Contact Details:

Pawel Surowiec - (psurowiec /at/ bournemouth.ac.uk)

Václav Stetka - (v.stetka /at/ lboro.ac.uk)




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