{"product_id":"political-parties-in-the-digital-age-9783110404081","title":"Political Parties in the Digital Age","description":"  \u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=iso-8859-1\" http-equiv=\"content-type\"\u003e \u003cmeta name=\"generator\" content=\"mshtml 8.00.6001.23644\"\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe Internet and \"social media\" may initially have been understood as just one more instrument politicians could employ to manage without political parties. However, these media cannot be reduced to being a tool available solely to politicians. The electronic media make reinforcement of the \"glocalization\" of the public and political sphere, a process already set in motion with the advent of television, and they can develop the trend even further.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePolitical parties are therefore once again becoming indispensable; they are in an unparalleled position to recreate social and political bonds, for only they stand both at the center and on the periphery of the new sphere encompassing public and political life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTABLE OF CONTENTS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew Technologies: Helping Political Parties and the Democratic Processes or Threatening Them?\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003e(Guy Lachapelle and Philippe J. Maarek)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cu\u003ePart I: The Integration of Technological Innovations in the Practices of Parties and Citizens\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInnovations in Information Technology in American Party Politics Since 1960 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e(Kenneth Janda)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInternet, Social Media Use and Political Participation in the 2013 Parliamentary Election in Germany \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e(Reimar Zeh and Christina Holtz-Bacha)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cu\u003ePart II: The Consequences of New Technologies on Activism\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Decline of Activism in Political Parties: Adaptation Strategies and\u003cbr\u003eNew Technologies \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e(Eric Montigny)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eParty Activists and Partisan Communication in Quebec \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e(Isabelle Gusse)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cu\u003ePart III: The New Role Played by Social Networks\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChanging Communications? Political Parties and Web 2.0 in the 2011 New Zealand General Election\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003e(Ashley Murchison)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSocial Media and American Presidential Campaigns: The Dark Side of the\u003cbr\u003eElectoral Process \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e(Karine Premont and Charles-Antoine Millette)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cu\u003ePart IV: The Resilience of the Printed Press in the United Kingdom\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) and the British Press:\u003cbr\u003eIntegration, Immigration and Integrity \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e(David Deacon and Dominic Wring)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cu\u003ePart V: New Technologies and Leadership Evolution\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePolitical parties and the Internet: changes in society, changing politics –\u003cbr\u003ethe case of the Parti Quebecois \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e(Guy Lachapelle)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePolitical communication, electronic media and social networks in France \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e(Philippe J. Maarek)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIndex of Proper Nouns \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Guy Lachapelle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48260912578811,"sku":"9783110404081","price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_40f86e50-2354-4853-9ef1-d8a6f4db6848.jpg?v=1770773057","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/political-parties-in-the-digital-age-9783110404081","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}