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A Winding Road from “Likes” to Votes

In: Social Media in Politics

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  • Václav Štětka

    (Charles University in Prague)

  • Alena Macková

    (Masaryk University)

  • Marta Fialová

    (Masaryk University)

Abstract

This case study analyzes the use of social media in the campaign for the historically first direct presidential elections in the Czech Republic in January 2013. Following a brief outline of the political context and outcomes of the elections, this study explores and compares the strategies of campaign communication of the nine presidential candidates on the social networking sites Facebook and Twitter. Apart from mapping the dynamics of the campaign and the responsiveness of Facebook and Twitter users, we have used content analysis to examine basic formal characteristics of over 1,000 messages posted on Facebook in the course of the campaign by the candidates and their teams. Additionally, this chapter also examines more closely the place of social media in the campaign of Karel Schwarzenberg, the eventual runner-up of the presidential race, whose team distanced all other candidates in both the extent as the level of sophistication of communication carried via the social networking sites. Overall, the presidential elections have revealed both the potential as well as limits of electoral mobilization through social networks, while at the same time it has demonstrated the continuing importance of more traditional means of campaign communication in the Czech Republic.

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  • Václav Štětka & Alena Macková & Marta Fialová, 2014. "A Winding Road from “Likes” to Votes," Public Administration and Information Technology, in: Bogdan Pătruţ & Monica Pătruţ (ed.), Social Media in Politics, edition 127, chapter 0, pages 225-244, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:paitcp:978-3-319-04666-2_13
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-04666-2_13
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