Political Parties' Profiles on Facebook During the Electoral Campaign of 2011 Cover Image

Profile partii politycznych na Facebooku w kampanii wyborczej 2011 roku
Political Parties' Profiles on Facebook During the Electoral Campaign of 2011

Author(s): Janina Fras
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: political parties; electoral campaign; general elections; community portals; Facebook

Summary/Abstract: Six out of seven competing Polish political parties had their official fan page on Facebook (RPP, PSL, PJN – open access, PO, PiS, SLD – restricted access). These fan pages mostly attracted the parties’ supporters who were not interested in a problem-oriented political debate, but in their self-presentation among friends and acquaintances. The main objective was to be seen by others as involved in the public activity of one’s party - the activity inspired by the instigators themselves. The posts on Facebook – in their majority inspired by site administrators – represent a moderate, popular but polite and emotionally positive trend in the Internet-based political discourse.

  • Issue Year: 40/2012
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 55-73
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Polish