Social Media and Elections: The Use of Twitter in the 2013 Campaigns in Italy, Australia, Germany, and Norway

• Main Authors: Enli, Gunn, Larsson, Anders, Kalsnes, Bente, Skogerbø, Eli, Moe, Hallvard, Bruns, Axel, Highfield, Tim, Sauter, Theresa, Nuernbergk, Christian, Neubarth, Julia, Rossi, Luca, Giglietto, Fabio, Orefice, Mario, Boccia Artieri, Giovanni
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Association of Internet Researchers 2013
• Subjects: Bruns; Burgess; Moe; Norway; Reykjavík; Westminster
• Online Access: https://journals.uic.edu/ojs/index.php/spir/article/view/8864

Social media are playing an increasingly important part in political campaigning. Recent elections have seen a shift from early uses of blogs (e.g. in the 2004 US election; cf. Adamic & Glance, 2005) or bespoke candidate-centred social media campaigning and fundraising platforms (such as my.bara...