Retooling Politics: How Digital Media Are Shaping Democracy

by Daniel Gayo-Avello, Gonzalo Rivero, Andreas Jungherr

Donald Trump, the Arab Spring, Brexit: digital media have provided political actors and citizens with new tools to engage in politics. These tools are now routinely used by activists, candidates, non-governmental organizations, and parties to inform, mobilize, and persuade people. But what are the effects of this retooling of politics? Do digital media empower the powerless or are they breaking democracy? Have these new tools and practices fundamentally...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108419402
• ISBN13: 9781108419406
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 334 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.1"