MOBILE DEMOCRACY: TEXT MESSAGES, VOTER TURNOUT AND THE 2004 SPANISH GENERAL ELECTION

Autor:	Sandra L. Suárez
Rok vydání:	2006
Předmět:	Government education.field_of_study Sociology and Political Science business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Population Advertising Public relations Democracy Politics Mobile phone General election Political science Terrorism The Internet business education media_common
Zdroj:	Representation. 42:117-128
ISSN:	1749-4001 0034-4893
DOI:	10.1080/00344890600736358
Popis:	Mobile phones have the potential to foster political mobilisation. Like the Internet, mobile phones facilitate communication and rapid access to information. Compared to the Internet, however, mobile phone diffusion has reached a larger proportion of the population in most countries, and thus the impact of this new medium is conceivably greater. The Spanish general election of 2004 occurred in the wake of an unprecedented terrorist attack, but its outcome reflects the potential that mobile phones have to provide the user with independent information and bring about voter mobilisation. The impression – whether true or not – that the government was withholding information about the attack outraged a small number of voters who, empowered with mobile phones, sent text messages (known as SMS), resulting in unprecedented flash demonstrations on election day eve. Traditional media outlets contributed further to a growing chorus of citizens who felt misled. Those who tend not to vote, young voters and new voters,...
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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