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The book offers an overall view of the way democracy is being reshaped in the Spanish lab through the impact of social media, and social and political changes.
List of contents
Foreword
Introduction
Chapter 1 The transformation of political logics. Beyond the ‘horizontal’ and the ‘vertical’?
‘Vertical’ versus ‘horizontal’
Towards a differentiation of the 15M political repertoire
The 15M political repertoire and the vertical-horizontal theoretical axis
Activists’ responses to the vertical-horizontal axis
Towards a characterisation of 15M
Conclusions
Chapter 2 The emergence of new political parties
From street protests to taking over the institutions
The new parties and digital media
The impact of the new parties on party-based democracy
Conclusions
Chapter 3 The appearance of monitoring as an emerging political dynamic
Monitory democracy: political transformation in communication-saturated societies
Three main fields of monitoring: governmental, civic and shared
Typology of civic monitoring
Conclusions
Chapter 4 Two-way street mediatisation of politics or overturn? The social media communication models of 15M and Podemos
Social media and mainstream media in today’s political communication
The 15M communication model: the relationship between online political activism and the mainstream media
Podemos’ communication model: take on the media without abandoning the networks *
Conclusions: democratic innovations and contributions from the field of political communication
Conclusion: the Spanish political laboratory in action
References
About the author
Ramón A. Feenstra is a lecturer in the Department of Philosophy and Sociology at the Universitat Jaume I of Castellón, Spain.
Andreu Casero-Ripollés is head of the Department of Communication Sciences and associate professor at the Universitat Jaume I of Castelló, Spain.
John Keane is Professor of Politics at the University of Sydney and at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin, Germany.
Simon Tormey is a professor at the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Sydney, Australia.
Summary
The book offers an overall view of the way democracy is being reshaped in the Spanish lab through the impact of social media, and social and political changes.
