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Digital Politics in Western Democracies
Cristian Vaccari
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Description for Digital Politics in Western Democracies
Hardback. Because a key aspect of any political system is how its actors and citizens communicate, this book will be invaluable for scholars, students, and practitioners interested in political communication, party competition, party organization, and the study of the contemporary media landscape writ large. Num Pages: 304 pages, 9, 9 graphs. BIC Classification: 1QFH; 3JM; JFD; JPA; JPB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
Digital politics is shorthand for how internet technologies have fueled the complex interactions between political actors and their constituents. Cristian Vaccari analyzes the presentation and consumption of online politics in seven advanced Western democracies - Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States - from 2006 to 2010. His study not only refutes claims that the web creates homogenized American-style politics and political interaction but also empirically reveals how a nation's unique constraints and opportunities create digital responses. Digital Politics in Western Democracies is the first large-scale comparative treatment of both the supply and the demand ... Read more
Digital politics is shorthand for how internet technologies have fueled the complex interactions between political actors and their constituents. Cristian Vaccari analyzes the presentation and consumption of online politics in seven advanced Western democracies - Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States - from 2006 to 2010. His study not only refutes claims that the web creates homogenized American-style politics and political interaction but also empirically reveals how a nation's unique constraints and opportunities create digital responses. Digital Politics in Western Democracies is the first large-scale comparative treatment of both the supply and the demand ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9781421411170
SKU
V9781421411170
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About Cristian Vaccari
Cristian Vaccari is an assistant professor of political science at the University of Bologna and a lecturer at Royal Holloway University of London.
Reviews for Digital Politics in Western Democracies
This is an interesting, unusual book that breaks new ground, and is indeed a very enlightening, informative one.
Paiso Jamakar Biz India Magazine Digital Politics in Western Democracies... is rich in detail, showcasing Vaccari's impressive knowledge of a wide variety of political contexts, and puncturing a number of conventional assumptions about how digital politics works... Vaccari's work is an ... Read more
Paiso Jamakar Biz India Magazine Digital Politics in Western Democracies... is rich in detail, showcasing Vaccari's impressive knowledge of a wide variety of political contexts, and puncturing a number of conventional assumptions about how digital politics works... Vaccari's work is an ... Read more