Social Media – A Vehicle for Personalisation in Politics? Political communication before the 2017 parliamentary elections in Iceland

This paper focuses on political communication prior to the 2017 parliamentary elections in Iceland. By means of content analysis and interviews with party officials the extent of central party control and the extent to which social media are a vehicle for personalisation are explored. The findings...

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Main Authors: Birgir Guðmundsson, Baldur Sverrisson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The University of Akureyri 2019-03-01
Series:Nordicum-Mediterraneum
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Online Access:https://nome.unak.is/wordpress/volume-14-no-1-2019/double-blind-peer-reviewed-article-volume-14-no-1-2019/social-media-a-vehicle-for-personalisation-in-politics-political-communication-before-the-2017-parliamentary-elections-in-iceland/