Social media as the instrument of electoral communication. Candidates in the 2015 parliamentary elections on Facebook Cover Image

Serwisy społecznościowe jako narzędzie komunikowania wyborczego. Kandydaci w wyborach parlamentarnych w roku 2015 na Facebooku
Social media as the instrument of electoral communication. Candidates in the 2015 parliamentary elections on Facebook

Author(s): Leszek Porębski, Magdalena Żurek
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Political Sciences
Published by: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
Keywords: political communication; electoral campaigns; ICT; social media; Facebook

Summary/Abstract: The paper is an analysis of the mode in which candidates in Polish parliamentary elections in 2015 made use of Facebook. The research results prove that no more than one third of candidates was active on Facebook during the campaign. Moreover, information were much more often published than promoting or mobilizing content. No statistical correlation was found between the intensity of Facebook use and sex, age, or place of residence of candidates either.

  • Issue Year: 53/2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 154-168
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish
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