Sharing is caring : Labour supporters use of social media #GE2017
(2017) p.91-91- Abstract
- Social media has opened up a new tactical front for political campaigns, and the 2017 General Election showed how citizens – armed with smartphones, computers, and tablets – actively enlisted their support in the online electoral battleground. In this report, we look at how Labour supporters leveraged the platform-specific features of different social media to widely promote their favored candidate or cause.
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- author
- Dutceac Segesten, Anamaria LU and Bossetta, Michael LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2017
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- host publication
- UK Election Analysis 2017 : Media, Voters and the Campaign - Media, Voters and the Campaign
- editor
- Thorsen, Einar ; Jackson, Daniel and Lilleker, Darren
- article number
- 60
- pages
- 1 pages
- publisher
- The Centre for the Study of Journalism, Culture and Community, Bournemouth University
- ISBN
- 978-1-910042-15-1
- 978-1-910042-14-4
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- d094ad67-cad8-4491-aa79-5702569cf024
- alternative location
- http://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/29374/10/UKElectionAnalysis2017_Thorsen-Jackson-and-Lilleker_v1.pdf
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- 2023-03-24 17:01:51
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