Social Media in Politics Case Studies on the Political Power of Soci
This volume sets out to analyse the relation between social media and politics by investigating the power of the internet, and more specifically social media, in the political and social discourse. The volume collects original research on the use of socia
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Bogdan Pătruţ Monica Pătruţ Editors
Social Media in Politics Case Studies on the Political Power of Social Media
Public Administration and Information Technology Volume 13
Series Editor Christopher G. Reddick, San Antonio, USA
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Bogdan Pa˘trut¸ • Monica Pa˘trut¸ Editors
Social Media in Politics Case Studies on the Political Power of Social Media
Editors Bogdan Pa˘trut¸ Monica Pa˘trut¸ Vasile Alecsandri University of Bacau Bacau Romania
ISBN 978-3-319-04665-5 ISBN 978-3-319-04666-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-04666-2 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2014938101 © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Foreword
Web Social Media, Politics, and Civism Ever since O’Reilly used the expression web 2.0 in a 2005 conference, amplified attention has been paid to it in many aspects of society, organizations, and individuals. First conceptions on Web social media followed the cyber optimism that characterized the studies about the Internet in the 1990s. Studies emphasized the power of the technology and its capacity to overcome physical, economic, political, social, and
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