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Social Media & Political Communication: Trends & Implications

Campaign
Social Media
Communication
P384
Tobias Heidenreich
WZB Berlin Social Science Center
Tobias Heidenreich
WZB Berlin Social Science Center
Daniel Thiele
Freie Universität Berlin

Abstract

Social media platforms have the potential to greatly change dynamics in how people consume political information (= demand side) and how political leaders reach their electorate (= supply side). Social media transforms the interactions between politics and voters. This panel invites papers assessing dynamics in both supply and demand side and its implications.

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