TY - BOOK ID - 32075045 TI - Managing Democracy in the Digital Age : Internet Regulation, Social Media Use, and Online Civic Engagement AU - Schwanholz, Julia. AU - Graham, Todd. AU - Stoll, Peter-Tobias. PY - 2018 SN - 3319617087 3319617079 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Political science. KW - Communication. KW - Political communication. KW - Democracy. KW - Elections. KW - Computers and civilization. KW - Political Science and International Relations. KW - Political Communication. KW - Communication Studies. KW - Media Studies. KW - Computers and Society. KW - Electoral Politics. KW - Civilization and computers KW - Electoral politics KW - Franchise KW - Polls KW - Self-government KW - Political communication KW - Communication, Primitive KW - Mass communication KW - Administration KW - Civil government KW - Commonwealth, The KW - Government KW - Political theory KW - Political thought KW - Politics KW - Science, Political KW - Digital media KW - Political aspects. KW - Electronic media KW - New media (Digital media) KW - Mass media KW - Digital communications KW - Online journalism KW - Computer science. KW - Sociology KW - Political science KW - Politics, Practical KW - Plebiscite KW - Political campaigns KW - Representative government and representation KW - Equality KW - Republics KW - Informatics KW - Science KW - Civilization UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:32075045 AB - In light of the increased utilization of information technologies, such as social media and the ‘Internet of Things,’ this book investigates how this digital transformation process creates new challenges and opportunities for political participation, political election campaigns and political regulation of the Internet. Within the context of Western democracies and China, the contributors analyze these challenges and opportunities from three perspectives: the regulatory state, the political use of social media, and through the lens of the public sphere. The first part of the book discusses key challenges for Internet regulation, such as data protection and censorship, while the second addresses the use of social media in political communication and political elections. In turn, the third and last part highlights various opportunities offered by digital media for online civic engagement and protest in the public sphere. Drawing on different academic fields, including political science, communication science, and journalism studies, the contributors raise a number of innovative research questions and provide fascinating theoretical and empirical insights into the topic of digital transformation. ER -