Media and Politics in contemporary world

New technologies have transformed the campaign media system and in the process altered the ways in which campaigns are waged by candidates, reported on by journalists, and experienced by voters.. This book is intended to provide a comprehensive framework to analyze the relation between media and politics by investigating the power of the internet and more specifically social media, in the political and social discourse. This book will appeal to students and scholars in media and communications, internet studies, and political science, as well as general readers keen to understand our contemporary media and political contexts.