Use of social media by political parties has become a part of their communication strategies. In Catalonia, where … around 20% of Internet users obtain political information through Facebook and Twitter, parties use these channels widely …. This article has examined 814 posts, 5,772 comments, 52,470 likes and 25,907 shares from the official Facebook pages of …

information on the web sites and social media sites of political parties and candidates standing for election to the Scottish … suggest that more traditional information sources, particularly print and broadcast media, coupled with long …

This study analyzes whether media coverage covers messages from parties’ electoral programs (manifestos). Electoral …, prior research often assumed that the content of manifestos is known to voters because media disseminate the content of … media cover parties’ electoral programs during the electoral campaign. If media coverage did not reflect parties’ electoral …

This study analyzes whether media coverage covers messages from parties' electoral programs (manifestos). Electoral …, prior research often assumed that the content of manifestos is known to voters because media disseminate the content of … media cover parties' electoral programs during the electoral campaign. If media coverage did not reflect parties' electoral …

The mass media are central in providing citizens with information on political parties and issues. This study deals … with the question of how the mass media link issues to parties in their news coverage. Such party-issue linkages in the … media are crucial if parties want to gain or maintain ownership of political issues. The study tests hypotheses according to …

News media have been shown to have a significant influence in the selection and perception of issues in political …

media a substantial potential for direct influences on citizens' political decisions, few studies have so far been able to … the possibility of mutual cancellation of contradictory persuasive messages from different media has not not been … sufficiently taken into account. When analysing various media (newspaper titles and television channels) separately it becomes …

usage behaviors - was presented. In the empirical part of the thesis, the size and growth of users` digital facebook … networks were analyzed using a facebook application, online surveys and samples of German university students. Results showed … linear growth of networks of two contacts per week that was positively related to facebook use. Furthermore, larger networks …