Political communication, electronic media and social networks in France

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Table of Contents V
3. New Technologies: Helping Political Parties and the Democratic Processes or Threatening Them? 1
4. Part I: The Integration of Technological Innovations in the Practices of Parties and Citizens
5. Innovations in Information Technology in American Party Politics Since 1960 9
6. Internet, Social Media Use and Political Participation in the 2013 Parliamentary Election in Germany 43
7. Part II: The Consequences of New Technologies on Activism
8. The Decline of Activism in Political Parties: Adaptation Strategies and New Technologies 61
9. Party Activists and Partisan Communication in Quebec 73
10. Part III: The New Role Played by Social Networks
11. Changing Communications? Political Parties and Web 2.0 in the 2011 New Zealand General Election 93
12. Social Media and American Presidential Campaigns: The Dark Side of the Electoral Process 111
13. Part IV: The Resilience of the Printed Press in the United Kingdom
14. The United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) and the British Press: Integration, Immigration and Integrity 129
15. Part V: New Technologies and Leadership Evolution
16. Political parties and the Internet: changes in society, changing politics – the case of the Parti Québécois 151
17. Political communication, electronic media and social networks in France 165
18. Index of Proper Nouns 181