TY - BOOK AU - Lachapelle,Guy TI - Political Parties in the Digital Age T2 - De Gruyter Textbook SN - 3110413817 AV - PN4888 U1 - 300 23 PY - 2015/// CY - Berlin/Boston, Germany PB - De Gruyter KW - Political parties KW - Technological innovations KW - Political participation KW - Computer network resources KW - Communication in politics KW - Internet in political campaigns KW - Internet KW - Political aspects KW - Digital media KW - Communication politique KW - Innovations KW - Internet dans les campagnes électorales KW - Aspect politique KW - Médias numériques KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE KW - Essays KW - bisacsh KW - Reference KW - fast KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index; Table of Contents; New Technologies: Helping Political Parties and the Democratic Processes or Threatening Them?; Part I: The Integration of Technological Innovations in the Practices of Parties and Citizens; Innovations in Information Technology in American Party Politics Since 1960; Internet, Social Media Use and Political Participation in the 2013 Parliamentary Election in Germany; Part II: The Consequences of New Technologies on Activism; The Decline of Activism in Political Parties: Adaptation Strategies and New Technologies; Party Activists and Partisan Communication in Quebec; Part III: The New Role Played by Social NetworksChanging Communications? Political Parties and Web 2.0 in the 2011 New Zealand General Election; Social Media and American Presidential Campaigns: The Dark Side of the Electoral Process; Part IV: The Resilience of the Printed Press in the United Kingdom; The United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) and the British Press: Integration, Immigration and Integrity; Part V: New Technologies and Leadership Evolution; Political parties and the Internet: changes in society, changing politics -- the case of the Parti Québécois N2 - The Internet and "social media" may initially have been understood as just one more instrument politicians could employ to manage without political parties. However, these media cannot be reduced to being a tool available solely to politicians. The electronic media make reinforcement of the "glocalization" of the public/political sphere, a process already set in motion with the advent of television, and they can develop the trend even further UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1019357 ER -