Politics and technology in the post-truth era / edited by Anna Visvizi, Institute of East-Central Europe (IESW), Poland ; Miltiades D. Lytras, Effat University, Jeddah

Thisbook examines the relationship between information and communication technology(ICT) and politics in a global perspective.

Advances in information and communication technology (ICT) have directly impacted the way in which politics operates today. Bringing together research on Europe, the US, South America, the Middle East, Asia and Africa, this book examines the relationship between ICT and politics in a global perspective. Technological innovations such as big data, data mining, sentiment analysis, cognitive computing, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, augmented reality, social media and blockchain technology are reshaping the way ICT intersects with politics and in this collection contributors examine these developments, demonstrating their impact on the political landscape. Chapters examine topics such as cyberwarfare and propaganda, post-Soviet space, Snowden, US national security, e-government, GDPR, democratization in Africa and internet freedom. Providing an overview of new research on the emerging relationship between the promise and potential inherent in ICT and its impact on politics, this edited collection will prove an invaluable text for students, researchers and practitioners working in the fields of Politics, International Relations and Computer Science.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Politics & ICT: issues, challenges, developments / Anna Visvizi and Miltiadis D. Lytras -- From the freedom of the press to the freedom of the internet: a new public sphere in the making? / Cláudia Toriz Ramos -- Diffusion patterns of political content over social networks; Marçal Mora-Cantallops, Zhengqi Yan and Salvador Sánchez-Alonso -- Contemporary politics and society: social media and public engagement in Belarus / Victor Shadurski and Galina Malishevskaya -- Modeling public mood and emotion: blog and news sentiment and politico-economic phenomena / Mu-Yen Chen, Min-Hsuan Fan, Ting-Hsuan Chen and Ren-Pao Heish -- Political campaigns, social media & analytics: the case of the GDPR / Nick Dimisianos -- Assessing compliance of open data in politics with European data protection regulation / Francesco Ciclosi, Paolo Ceravolo, Ernesto Damiani and Donato De Ieso -- ICT, politics and cyber intelligence: revisiting the case of Snowden / Emanuel Boussios -- Government surveillance, national security, and the American rights: using sentiment analysis to extract citizen opinions / Lily Popova Zhuhadar and Mark Ciampa -- Information security risks in the context of Russian propaganda in the CEE / Aleksandra Kuczyńska-Zonik and Agata Tatarenko -- The ICT and its uses: fighting corruption and promoting participatory democracy: the case of Romania / Cristina Matiuta -- Virtual currencies in modern societies: challenges and opportunities / Higinio Mora, Francisco A. Pujol López, Julio César Mendoza Tello and Mario R. Morales -- Digital diplomacy in practice: a case study of the Western Balkan countries / Gorazd Justinek, Sabina Carli and Ingrid Omahna -- Social media and the Brazilian politics: a close look at the different perspectives and "The Brazil I Want" initiative / Cleber Pinelli Teixeira, Jônatas Castro dos Santos, Reisla D'Almeida Rodrigues, Sean Wolfgand Matsui Siqueira and Renata Araujo -- Evaluation of the national Open Government Data (OGD) portal of Saudi Arabia / Saxena Stuti -- E-government strategy and its impact on economic and social development in Saudi Arabia / Husseain Alhashimi -- Romancing top management: the politics of top management support in large information system projects / Gloria H.W. Liu and Cecil E.H Chua -- Trade in ICT, international economy, and politics / Katarzyna Żukrowska -- Conclusion: politics and ICT: taking stocks of the debate / Miltiadis D. Lytras and Anna Visvizi

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