Social media and political communication in the 2014 elections to the European Parliament

• Main Authors: NULTY, Paul, THEOCHARIS, Yannis, POPA, Sebastian Adrian, PARNET, Olivier, BENOIT, Kenneth
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2016
• Subjects: Political Science; Social Influence and Political Communication; Social Media
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3979; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/5237/viewcontent/Mapping_European_Social_Media_Usage_and_Content_av.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Social media play an increasingly important part in the communication strategies of political campaigns by reflecting information about the policy preferences and opinions of political actors and their public followers. In addition, the content of the messages provides rich information about the pol...