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Politicians’ social media usage in a hybrid media environment: A scoping review of the literature between 2008–2022

Majbritt K. Severin-Nielsen
Majbritt K. Severin-Nielsen
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Published Online: Jun 23, 2023
Page range: 172 - 193
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2023-0010
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Data collection method by themes (N)

Interviews Survey Documents Ethnographic methods Theoretical contribution
Politicians’ crossmedia presence 0 1 6 0 0
Variations in the communicative content across different media 0 1 11 0 0
Perceived importance and role of social media in politicians’ broader strategies 9 6 3 1 0
Equalisation versus normalisation 0 4 7 0 0
Social media in populist communication 0 0 2 1 3
Effects on the political output 7 2 3 2 2
Effects on the pollical outcome 1 1 5 0 0

Themes and subthemes in the literature

Themes Subthemes Studies
1) Social media usage by politicians (in context) a) Politicians’ cross-media presence Blach-Ørsten et al., 2017; Hong & Nadler, 2012; Kovic et al., 2017; Kruikemeier et al., 2018; Neihouser & Ouellet, 2022; Van Aelst et al., 2017
b) Variations in the communicative content across different media Bode et al., 2016; Borah et al., 2018; Filimonov et al., 2016; Fowler et al., 2021; Kang et al., 2018; Karlsen & Enjolras, 2016; Mendes & Dikwal-Bot, 2022; Skovsgaard & van Dalen, 2013; Steffan & Venema, 2020; van Dalen et al., 2015
c) Perceived importance and role of social media in politicians’ broader strategies Bor, 2014; D’heer, 2018; Enli & Skogerbø, 2013; Giasson et al., 2019; Guðmundsson, 2016, 2019; Guðmundsson et al., 2019; Jungherr, 2016a; Klinger & Russmann, 2017; Kreiss & McGregor, 2022; Larsson & Skogerbø, 2018; Lilleker et al., 2015; Magin et al., 2017; McGregor, 2020; Paatelainen et al., 2022; Park & Suiter, 2021
2) Variations in politicians’ social and traditional media usage a) Equalisation versus normalisation Bode et al., 2016; Fowler et al., 2021; Guðmundsson, 2016, 2019; Kruikemeier et al., 2018; Neihouser & Ouellet, 2022; Skovsgaard & van Dalen, 2013; Steffan & Venema, 2020; Van Aelst et al., 2017
b) Social media in populist communication Casero-Ripollés et al., 2016; de Vreese et al., 2018; Ernst et al., 2019; Gil de Zúñiga et al., 2020; Postill, 2018; Suiter et al., 2018
3) Broader effects of the emergence of social media in politics a) Effects on the political output (i.e., how politics and political communication is conducted) Chadwick & Stromer-Galley, 2016; D’heer, 2018; Fisher et al., 2018; Giasson et al., 2019; Grusell & Nord, 2020; Guðmundsson et al., 2019; Jost, 2022; Jungherr et al., 2020; Laube, 2020; Ridge-Newman, 2020; Schäfer, 2021; Serazio, 2015; Vaccari, 2010
b) Effects on the political outcome (i.e., on political support, electoral results, etc.) Blach-Ørsten et al., 2017; Borah et al., 2018; Hong & Nadler, 2012; Karlsen & Enjolras, 2016; Kovic et al., 2017; Van Aelst et al., 2017
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