Encyclopedia of social media and politics

• Main Author: Harvey, Kerric (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles SAGE Reference 2014
• Subjects: Political participation > Encyclopedias > Technological innovations; Communication in politics > Encyclopedias > Technological innovations; Social media > Political aspects; Political participation > Technological innovations > United States; Communication in politics > Technological innovations > United States
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 The Encyclopedia of Social Media and Politics explores how the rise of social media is altering politics both in the United States and in key moments, movements, and places around the world. Its scope encompasses the disruptive technologies and activities that are changing basic patterns in American politics and the amazing transformations that social media use is rendering in other political systems heretofore resistant to democratization and change. In a time when social media are revolutionizing and galvanizing politics in the United States and around the world, this encyclopedia is a must-have reference. It reflects the changing landscape of politics where old modes and methods of political communication from elites to the masses (top down) and from the masses to elites (bottom up) are being displaced rapidly by social media, and where activists are building new movements and protests using social media to alter mainstream political agendas.