“Backstage moments during the campaign”: The interactive use of Instagram by Spanish political leaders

2020 ◽  
pp. 146144482097239
Author(s):  
Antonio Pineda ◽  
Elena Bellido-Pérez ◽  
Ana I Barragán-Romero
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Leaders ◽  
Strategic Objectives ◽  
Interactive Tools ◽  
Use Of The Internet ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Regional Elections ◽  
Theoretical Issues

The political use of social media is a well-established field of research. We perform a content analysis of the messages posted on Instagram—one of the fastest growing social networking sites—by the leaders of the four main political parties in Spain, with special emphasis on the interactive use of this platform and the functions played by the posts. The sample of Instagram posts includes a non-election period and a period of regional elections. The results point to a practically irrelevant use of interactive tools, and an emphasis on the self-promotion of leaders and their parties. Accordingly, the data show that Instagram is basically used by Spanish leaders as a supplement to their campaign efforts and strategic objectives. These findings are discussed and linked to broader theoretical issues such as the hypothesis of normalization and the use of the Internet for broadcasting.

Presence and specificity of the political communication of the Catalan independence leaders on Twitter in the 2017 regional elections

First Monday ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Javier Bustos Díaz ◽  
Francisco Javier Ruiz del Olmo ◽  
Miguel Nazario Moreno Velasco
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Big Data ◽  
Political Parties ◽  
Political Communication ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Mixed Methodology ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Leaders ◽  
Electoral Campaign ◽  
Regional Elections

The regional elections in Catalonia held on 21 December 2017 received wide media coverage, far beyond Spanish media, due to separatist tension in that territory and was one of the main topics in most of the world’s media. Within this process social networks, especially Twitter, obtained crucial relevance given the interest aroused by the political leaders’ publications, since in those elections the debate transcended the usual ideological divisions of right and left and became a struggle between constitutionalists and separatists. This paper analyses the presence and influence of the main candidates of the Catalan political parties on Twitter. To achieve this, a mainly quantitative, mixed methodology based on big data was carried out where all the tweets issued by the candidates during the electoral campaign were analysed.

Changes in the Political Culture of Italian Younger Politicians

2019 ◽  
pp. 1222-1236
Author(s):  
Flaminia Saccà
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
New Venture ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Organizations ◽  
Berlin Wall ◽  
Political Leaders ◽  
Political Actors ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Political Apathy ◽  
Past Millennium

In the last decade, Italy has gone through some deep changes in the political sphere. The fall of the Berlin Wall had forced political parties from opposite sides to re-organize themselves: their targets, ideologies and projects. At the same time, these historical events have been shortly followed by a major national bribe scandal that invested the main political leaders who had governed the Country for half a century. As a result, the last turn of the past Millennium has left a strongly politicized Country with no acknowledged leaders, no clear ideologies, no traditional, recognizable parties. It is in those years that Berlusconi's new venture gained votes and success. The fracture between political organizations, leaders and citizens though, became unhealable. The younger generations seemed to be the ones who suffered the most from political apathy or, worse, distrust. So we wanted to investigate who were the young politicians who, in these times of crises, had chosen politics as an important part of their lives. We have carried out two different surveys in different years and we found that political parties were changing deeply and radically. That their role in the political socialization of young political actors had become very thin. That candidates began to be chosen amongst the affluent few or, at least, amongst those whose personal fame and social/professional/family network would guarantee their party at least a dowry of votes that could make the difference in times of elections. But this method would not guarantee cohesion nor government stability.

Sympathy for the Devil

2016 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-84
Author(s):  
Glen Smith
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Presidential Election ◽  
The Political ◽  
Media Content ◽  
Broadcast News ◽  
Political Leaders ◽  
2008 Presidential Election ◽  
Opposing Party ◽  
The Devil

This study examines whether broadcast news reduces negativity toward political leaders by exposing partisans to opposing viewpoints. For analysis, both exposure to broadcast news and variation in media content are used to predict changes in feelings toward the candidates during the 2008 presidential election. The results suggest that increased exposure to broadcast news increased partisans’ favorability toward the out-party candidate. In addition, increased coverage of the candidates was followed by increased favorability among members of the opposing party. These results demonstrate the benefits of exposure to two-sided communications flows for the reduction of animosity between the political parties. Moreover, these results suggest that public negativity toward political leaders might be even worse if not for the large amount of overlap between the audiences for partisan and mainstream news outlets.

The Arab Leadership in Israel: Ascendance and Fragmentation

2006 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 6-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amal Jamal
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Extended Family ◽  
The Political ◽  
National Consciousness ◽  
Political Leaders ◽  
Political Exclusion ◽  
Traditional Structures

This article describes the rise of a second generation of Arab political leaders in Israel as seen in the proliferation of explicitly Arab political parties (nationalist and Islamist) and Arab NGOs (secular and religious). While more representative of Israel's Arab community than the its predecessors, reflecting the community's growing national consciousness, the new leadership is also more fragmented. The author acknowledges Israel's active efforts to weaken the new leaders, but asserts that fragmentation has also resulted from continuing traditional structures, including extended family, a culture of notables manifested in the personalization of institutions, and patriarchy, particularly the political exclusion of women.

scholarly journals Role of Social Media in Election Campaigning in India with Special Reference to Assam

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. p1
Author(s):  
Rantu Sarmah ◽  
Dr. Niranjan Mohapatra
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Political Parties ◽  
Special Reference ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Leaders ◽  
Political Communications ◽  
The Social ◽  
General Meaning

This is an attempt to find out the role of social media in election campaigning in India with special reference to Assam. Democratic countries like United States of America, India the social media has become an integral part for political communications during election campaigning. This new way of campaigning during election plays an important role to attract voters. Social media has given a new platform such as Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Whatsapp, Youtube etc. to the political parties and the voters, these are becoming an easy tool for the political leaders to interact with their voters. Social media allows candidates to share, post, comments, and their views during election and making them more direct involvement to their voters. These new tools or platforms are appeared as new area for research. Firstly to find out the term of social media, secondly, general meaning of political campaigning, thirdly, uses of social media in Indian election campaigning with reference to Assam and lastly conclusions.

scholarly journals Young citizens of the information era: Attitudes towards the political use of digital social networks Bilgi çağının genç yurttaşları: Dijital sosyal ağların siyasal temelde kullanımına dair tutumlar

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 2510 ◽  
Author(s):  
Serdar Ünal
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Online Communication ◽  
Net Generation ◽  
The Political ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Political Activities ◽  
Political Ideas ◽  
Democratic Regimes ◽  
Use Of Social Media

Today, the imprtance of internet or web based communication is getting more and more important. These new web technologies, especially digital social networking sites, have created unique areas for online communication. There is an important literature on the use of these digital social networks, especially for political purposes. The main sources of motivation for the political use of social networks; the factors that prevent the use of these venues on the political basis; as well as the social effects or consequences of the political use of social media or social networks in democratic regimes are important issues. In this way, the tendency of young citizens, defined as net generation, to share social and political ideas in digital social networks and their attitudes towards using these venues as a platform of political expression have been examined. Young people's meanings that they assign to political activities in digital social networks, as well as how they evaluate the political activities in these settings as a part of their daily lives were analyzed empirically through quantitative and qualitative data. Extended English abstract is in the end of PDF (TURKISH) file.ÖzetGünümüzde internet veya web temelli iletişimin önemi gittikçe daha da artmaktadır. Bu yeni web teknolojilerinden özellikle dijital sosyal paylaşım ağları çevrimiçi iletişim için eşsiz alanlar yaratmıştır. Birçok farklı kullanım amacına hizmet eden bu ağların özellikle siyasal temeldeki kullanımına yönelik önemli bir literatür oluşmaktadır. Dijital sosyal ağların siyasal amaçlı kullanılmasındaki temel motivasyon kaynakları, bu mecraların siyasal temelde kullanımını engelleyici faktörler ve ayrıca bunun demokratik rejimlerde bireysel ve toplumsal düzeydeki etkileri veya sonuçları önem arz etmektedir. Bu yönde, çalışmada ağ kuşağı olarak tanımlanan genç yurttaşların dijital sosyal ağlarda sosyal ve siyasal fikirlerini paylaşma eğilimleri ve bu mecraları bir siyasal tartışma platformu olarak kullanmaya yönelik tutumları incelenmiştir. Başka bir deyişle, makalede genç kuşakların dijital sosyal ağlardaki siyasal içerikli etkinliklere yükledikleri anlamlar ve bu mecralardaki siyasal etkinlikleri gündelik hayatlarında nereye konumlandırdıkları meselesi nicel ve nitel veriler aracılığıyla ampirik düzeyde irdelenmiştir.

scholarly journals ELECTIONS-2021: ON THE ASSESSMENT OF THE ELECTORAL PROSPECTS OF NEW POLITICAL PARTIES

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (34) ◽  
Author(s):  
D.A EZHOV ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Direct Democracy ◽  
The State ◽  
The Political ◽  
Election Campaign ◽  
New Parties ◽  
Low Level ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Regional Elections

The article assesses the electoral prospects of new political parties registered by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation in 2020, on the eve of the elections of deputies to the State Duma of the Russian Federation, scheduled for September 2021. Based on the results of regional elections held on a single voting day on September 13, 2020, party rhetoric and documents, the author consistently characterizes the electoral potential of the political parties such as «New People», «For Truth», «Green Alternative», and «Direct Democracy Party». The author's judgments are based on the hypothesis that the current electoral potential of new parties, which is fixed at a relatively low level, does not allow us to consider them as competitive and independent subjects in the election campaign at the start of the campaign. The likelihood of certain new parties receiving deputy mandates due to the victory of their candidates in single-mandate constituencies is emphasized. Special attention is paid to the consideration of methods of forming a pool of supporters of new political parties, determined by the specifics of their functioning.

scholarly journals Beginner Voter’s Behavior: Study of the Simultaneous Regional Elections at Karawang Regency, West Java

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-117
Author(s):  
Encup Supriatna
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Political Parties ◽  
Political Party ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Voter Behavior ◽  
The Political ◽  
Behavior Study ◽  
Regional Elections ◽  
Descriptive Method

The purpose of this study is to know: Beginner Voter Behavior, the extent to which parties influence the political party influence the behavior of voter’s beginners, and factors that can affect voter behavior in Pedes Regency in the Simultaneous Regional Elections in Karawang regency in 2015. This study uses phenomenological approach, analytical descriptive method, and various qualitative research. The qualitative data needed in this research is related to: Beginner Voter Behavior, the extent to which parties influence the political parties to influence the behavior of the beginning voters, and what factors may affect voter behavior in Pedes District in the Simultaneous Regional Elections in Karawang regency in 2015 that is appropriate data and considered it is necessary to solve the problems formulated in the study. The analysis involves Beginner Voter Behavior, the extent to which political parties influence the behavior of novice voters, and factors that may influence voter behavior in Pedes District in the Simultaneous Regional Elections in Karawang Regency in 2015.

scholarly journals El control político del Parlamento de Andalucía de las contabilidades de los Grupos parlamentarios y la financiación de los Partidos políticos

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafael Cano Silva
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Dual Role ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Political ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Political Perspective ◽  
Regional Elections ◽  
Los Grupos

<p align="justify">La financiación de los Grupos parlamentarios de la Cámara andaluza con cargo a su presupuesto desempeña un doble rol. De una parte, es fundamental para el sostenimiento de los Grupos parlamentarios al objeto de establecer y mantener una infraestructura mínima para el desarrollo de las actividades que les son propias y de asistencia a los diputados y diputadas. Por otro lado, contribuye a la financiación de los Partidos políticos bajo cuyas siglas se han presentado a las elecciones. En consecuencia, se hace necesario un control de esta financiación. Este estudio se ocupa de este control desde un punto de vista político, mostrando la actividad desarrollada por la Cámara desde la I Legislatura hasta la actualidad, y que se materializa en los debates habidos, iniciativas parlamentarias presentadas, creación de Comisiones aprobadas, sesiones celebradas, incluso la aprobación de un nuevo Reglamento de la Cámara, todo lo cual, dará una visión real acerca de la preocupación parlamentaria en esta materia.</p> <p align="justify"><b>The funding of the parliamentary groups in the Andalusian Parliament through their budgets plays a dual role. On one hand, it is essential for the maintenance of the parliamentary groups in order to establish and support an infrastructure for the development of their activities and the assistance to the Members. On the other hand, it contributes to the funding of the political parties under whose initials they have been submitted to the regional elections. Consequently, it is necessary to control this funding. This study addresses this control from a political perspective, showing the activity of the Parliament from the first to the present parliamentary term, activity that is embodied in the debates, parliamentary initiatives submitted, creation of committees, meetings held, including the adoption of a new Regulation of the Parliament, all of which give us a true picture about the parliamentary concern in this matter.</b></p>

Political Parties, Social Class, and Economic Policy Preferences

1979 ◽  
Vol 14 (01) ◽  
pp. 18-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward R. Tufte
Keyword(s):  
Economic Policy ◽  
Political Parties ◽  
Political Party ◽  
Political Influence ◽  
The Political ◽  
Macroeconomic Performance ◽  
Political Leaders ◽  
Electoral Cycle ◽  
Electoral Calendar

ALTHOUGH THE SYNCHRONIZATION OF ECONOMIC FLUCTUations with the electoral cycle often preoccupies political leaders, the real force of political influence on macroeconomic performance comes in the determination of economic priorities. Here the ideology and platform of the political party in power dominate. Just as the electoral calendar helps set the timing of policy, so the ideology of political leaders shapes the substance of economic policy.

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