scholarly journals Podemos in the Regional Elections 2015: Online Campaign Strategies in Castile and León

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dafne Calvo ◽  
Cristina Renedo Farpón ◽  
María Díez- Garrido
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Political Parties ◽  
Digital Tools ◽  
Political Crisis ◽  
The Political ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Campaign Strategies ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Regional Elections ◽  
Complete Transformation

 Internet has revolutionized many aspects in the way that political parties communicate. The Network has induced a complete transformation of the political strategies used during election campaigns to spread their message to the electorate. Politicians use social networks and digital platforms to promote their messages and to communicate with citizens during these periods of time. Facebook has proven to be one of the most effective networks in this regard. The party Podemos was born in 2014 in Spain, surrounded by a deep economic, institutional and political crisis. This political party promises to be a real hope to the negative situation of the country. In the recent years, Podemos has aroused the interest of social scientists because of the innovative way they use social networks. This paper explores the cybercampaign strategies that Podemos used during the 2015 Castile and León regional elections, a region where the population is very different from the party’s average voter. To this end, a quantitative analysis of their activity on Facebook and their website was made during the regional election campaign. The results of this study allow us to observe an ordinary use of the digital tools by Podemos that highlights the engagement achieved with users in Facebook. 

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.

From the ‘Book to Read’ to the ‘Book to Collect’: Harry Potter and digital platforms in France

LOGOS ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-28
Author(s):  
Agathe Nicolas
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Physical Object ◽  
Harry Potter ◽  
Digital Tools ◽  
Work Of Art ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Printed Books ◽  
Complete Transformation

Online presentations of printed books have led to a complete transformation of publishers’ work, books’ status, and readers’ habits. Through their webpages, publishers invite visitors to create communities, to join social networks, to communicate their likes and dislikes. Everything about the digital presentation of printed books makes manifest the online existence of both readers and books. How, then, can printed books not only compete, but also evolve and become more visible, by means of digital tools and platforms? This article seeks answers to this question by asking: Through their digital tools are publishers’ webpages placing value on literature or on communication? Are digital platforms transforming the objet-livre (the physical object of the book) from a tool into a work of art? And are they transforming visitors from readers into collectors?

“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.

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>

Populism and the (Italian) crisis: The voters and the context

Politics ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 026339572095262
Author(s):  
Manuela Caiani ◽  
Enrico Padoan
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Organizational Level ◽  
Political Crisis ◽  
The Political ◽  
Demand And Supply ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Crisis Of Representation ◽  
Economic Migration ◽  
Five Star Movement ◽  
Political Economic

This article, focusing on Italy, aims to broaden our understanding of the recent striking electoral fortunes of (differing types of) populism in the country, by locating them within multiple crises (political, economic, migration) that have shocked Europe in the last two decades. By combining individual-level survey data on voters with organizational-level interviews conducted with national and local representatives and activists of the Five Star Movement and the League, the role played by these crises in the two different Italian populisms will be disentangled from ‘demand’ and ‘supply’ perspectives – which are usually treated in isolation. The findings indicate a coherence between the political parties’ message and their respective potential voters’ orientations and attitudes (with regard to the three crises), underlining the ability of different varieties of populism to intercept (and mobilize) different grievances: whereas the economic crisis of representation is a key ingredient of both the populists’ success, the cultural crisis is more salient for the exclusionary populist League, while the political crisis is more salient for the inclusionary 5SM. For both the mobilization and representation of those citizens unsatisfied with traditional politics seems crucial. These different causes of success appear to be a useful lens through which to examine the failure of an attempt to govern by combining two differing types of populism.

"Questione morale" e costruzione pubblica di un giudizio nei processi ai politici degli anni Novanta

2009 ◽  
pp. 43-57
Author(s):  
Luigi Musella
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
Political Crisis ◽  
The Political ◽  
Legal Proceedings ◽  
Cultural Climate

- The dynamics of the political crisis that did rock Italy from the first months of 1992 went far beyond mere legal proceedings. Actually, it was not only judicial inquiries that did trigger the collapse of the main political parties, but also a political and cultural climate that delegitimized them. The article expands upon this hypothesis, through the re-examination of the narratives of the events in which Andreotti, Craxi, and Gava were involved and of their historical background.

Implicit Political Knowledge

2013 ◽  
Vol 46 (03) ◽  
pp. 553-555
Author(s):  
Aleksander Ksiazkiewicz
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Political System ◽  
Political Knowledge ◽  
Political Information ◽  
Political Life ◽  
The Political ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Political Actors ◽  
Institutional Structures ◽  
Voting Decisions

Political knowledge today is studied primarily at the explicit level. Measures of political knowledge often rely on testing whether voters are aware of various “facts” about political life, such as the names and offices of prominent political actors, the institutional structures of the political system, and the ideological or policy differences between the major political parties (e.g., Delli Carpini and Keeter 1996). These various kinds of political information are considered to be important by political scientists and other social scientists because they facilitate the informed voting decisions that are needed to hold elected leaders accountable (e.g., Lau and Redlawsk 2006; Pande 2011).

Naming and framing in Belgian politics

2010 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
pp. 120-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martina Temmerman
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Political Parties ◽  
The Political ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Framing Analysis ◽  
Person Plural ◽  
Political Situation ◽  
The Government ◽  
First Person Plural

This paper describes the way Belgian politicians represented themselves, their parties and the political situation in newspaper interviews in the government formation period of 2007. Interviews with four politicians, both in Dutch and in French, have been analyzed in order to reconstruct the image the politicians convey of themselves and of the political parties they stand for, and to reconstruct the frames they apply to the political situation. A critical linguistic and framing analysis shows how this representation is built up through an interplay of names used to describe oneself, the specific use of the pronouns of the first person plural and consistent metaphors. The paper ties in with the theme of this special issue in that it bridges the gap between construction grammar and linguistic discourse analysis: knowledge of social networks (and their evaluation of utterances) is important for analyzing choices between discourse alternatives by discourse agents (as politicians are).

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