Influencing decision makers - model of interference of the tobacco industry in Brazil by Danielle Silva, Alex Medeiros, Silvana Turci, Daniel Carvalho

“…Of the parliamentarians contemplated, 88 are pro-tobacco, being that 79 of them received funding from the tobacco industry for election campaigns and have been opposing smoking control policies, preventing or hindering the progress of the guidelines. …”
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The Impact of Digitalization on Political Engagement Among Kazakhstani Youth: A Comparative Study Before and After "Qandy Qantar" (Sanguinary January) of 2022 by Zhengisbek Tolen, Nurken Aitymbetov, Talgat Ismagambetov, Yermek Toktarov, Aigerim Alisherova

“…The findings of the study revealed that the political moods of Kazakhstani youth persist after January 2022 without undergoing a transformative shift toward increased party and movement affiliations, active involvement in election campaigns, and voting.  Instead, protest sentiments are once again becoming dormant, which helps to explain the political absenteeism observed among many young individuals.…”
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Analyzing Political Polarization on Social Media by Deleting Bot Spamming by Riccardo Cantini, Fabrizio Marozzo, Domenico Talia, Paolo Trunfio

“…In this paper we present a new methodology, namely <i>TIMBRE</i> (<i>T</i>ime-aware op<i>I</i>nion <i>M</i>ining via <i>B</i>ot <i>RE</i>moval), aimed at discovering the polarity of social media users during election campaigns characterized by the rivalry of political factions. …”
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Representation of Ethnic Identity in the 9th and 11th Presidential Elections in Iran: A Case Study of East Azerbaijan, Kurdistan, and Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad by Sadegh Panahinasab, Mansour Tabiee

“…As candidates vie for as many votes as possible during their election campaigns, they engage in election campaigns characterized by slogans and the presentation of plans and promises. …”
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The role of the religious complex of Ukraine in the processes of social change: dynamics of public perceptions by Victor Voinalovich

“…Factors that had a decisive influence on the formation of public perceptions in the post-war period were the results of transformational changes in the domestic religious complex, which occurred primarily under the influence of the Revolution of Dignity (2013−2014), the annexation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, the ongoing armed conflict in the East of the country, the large-scale war against Ukraine launched by Russia (since February 2022) and, of course, the processes related to the granting of autocephaly to Ukrainian Orthodoxy and the election campaigns of the President of Ukraine to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (2019).It is proved that the above-mentioned processes determine the obvious variability and ambivalence perceptions of citizens about the role of religion and the church in public life.Traditionally, the high level of declared religiosity of Ukrainian citizens is combined with a low degree of their real religious activity. …”
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A comparative analysis of online alternative & mainstream newspapers in Malaysia & Pakistan during the 2018 general election by Asad, Saira

“…Mahathir, Najib Razak, Imran Khan & Nawaz Sharif) in alternative and mainstream newspapers (Malaysiakini, The New Straits Times, Dawn & The News) of Malaysia and Pakistan in 2018 elections’ campaigns. The varied representation of social actors showed an ideological inclination of newspapers. …”
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Political participation and life course transitions among young people in Europe by Stanojević Dragan, Gvozdanović Anja

“…The latter is dominated by clientelistic relations, where a significant number of young people who enter the labour market do so through political channels and in turn have to be active in political parties, especially during election campaigns. The last hypothesis proved to be correct, as context did not moderate the relationship be­tween parenting and participation. …”
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MIDDLE CLASS IN UKRAINE: GOVERNMENT OR OPPOSITION? by Denys Yakovlev, Liliya Yakovleva, Vitaly Koltsov

“…The data from empirical sociological research on the high level of consolidation of the Ukrainian middle class during the war and the results of the middle class' choice in the 2014 and 2019 election campaigns are presented. According to the sociological research data, support for democracy is growing in Ukraine, and the middle class is opting for European and Euro-Atlantic integration. …”
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Den nya redaktionen har ordet by Marcus Persson, Christian Ståhl

“…A comparison of the 2018 Moderate and Social Democratic election campaigns”, utforskar Klara Hermansson hur allmänheten uppmuntras att engagera sig känslomässigt i den svenska diskursen om kriminalitet. …”
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Digital Storytelling – Special issue by Yngve Nordkvelle

“…Eva Bakøy and Øyvind Kalnes of Lillehammer University College present the article: “The Hadia Story: Digital Storytelling in Election Campaigns”. The paper goes into how a particular Norwegian-Pakistani  Labour politician, Hadia Tajik, has used digital storytelling to construct her political identity, and a discussion of the consequences of her experiments with this genre. …”
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The political structure of the Wolverhampton Borough Council since 1900 by Jones, G, Jones, G. W.

“…Conservatives and Liberals shared the Parliamentary representation of the town and therefore had no incentive to fight municipal elections to assist their General Election campaigns. Their Councillors were a fairly homogeneous group, not seriously divided by economic or social issues. …”