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Engaging with European Politics Through Twitter and Facebook : Participation Beyond the National?

Bossetta, Michael LU ; Dutceac Segesten, Anamaria LU orcid and Trenz, Hans-Jörg (2017) In Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology p.53-76
Abstract
Our chapter illustrates how citizens can enact varying styles and degrees of political engagement through social media. It also investigates if citizens engage with political content in ways unhindered by national boundaries. We distinguish between three primary types of content styles (factual, partisan and moral) and four degrees of engagement (making, commenting, diffusing and listening). Moreover, we argue that differences in Twitter and Facebook’s digital architectures encourage certain styles and degrees of engagement over others, and that the two social platforms sustain different levels of transnational activity. Supporting our argument with European cases, we suggest that Twitter is more suitable to fulfil social media’s... (More)
Our chapter illustrates how citizens can enact varying styles and degrees of political engagement through social media. It also investigates if citizens engage with political content in ways unhindered by national boundaries. We distinguish between three primary types of content styles (factual, partisan and moral) and four degrees of engagement (making, commenting, diffusing and listening). Moreover, we argue that differences in Twitter and Facebook’s digital architectures encourage certain styles and degrees of engagement over others, and that the two social platforms sustain different levels of transnational activity. Supporting our argument with European cases, we suggest that Twitter is more suitable to fulfil social media’s transnational promise than Facebook, which is better adept at stimulating political participation. (Less)
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Social Media, European Politics, Citizens, Participation, Transnational, Democracy
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Social Media and European Politics : Rethinking Power and Legitimacy in the Digital Era - Rethinking Power and Legitimacy in the Digital Era
series title
Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology
editor
Barisione, Mauro and Michailidou, Asimina
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53 - 76
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Palgrave Macmillan
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978-1-137-59889-9
978-1-137-59890-5
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English
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yes
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19e27789-a9e2-4a64-9dd0-4e1d6f2f1cae
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https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057/978-1-137-59890-5_3
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2017-08-04 14:10:40
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  author       = {{Bossetta, Michael and Dutceac Segesten, Anamaria and Trenz, Hans-Jörg}},
  booktitle    = {{Social Media and European Politics : Rethinking Power and Legitimacy in the Digital Era}},
  editor       = {{Barisione, Mauro and Michailidou, Asimina}},
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  keywords     = {{Social Media; European Politics; Citizens; Participation; Transnational; Democracy}},
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  pages        = {{53--76}},
  publisher    = {{Palgrave Macmillan}},
  series       = {{Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology}},
  title        = {{Engaging with European Politics Through Twitter and Facebook : Participation Beyond the National?}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/141361802/Bossetta_Dutceac_Segesten_and_Trenz_2017_Engaging_with_European_Politics_Through_Twitter_and_Facebook_Pre_Print.pdf}},
  year         = {{2017}},
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