Swedish politicians and new media: Democracy, identity and populism in a digital discourse

Autor:	Bo Nilsson, Eric Carlsson
Rok vydání:	2013
Předmět:	Sociology and Political Science business.industry Communication media_common.quotation_subject Media studies Information technology Identity (social science) Political communication New media Democracy Interview data Populism Politics Sociology Social science business media_common
Zdroj:	New Media & Society. 16:655-671
ISSN:	1461-7315 1461-4448
DOI:	10.1177/1461444813487964
Popis:	The empirical material of this article consists of interviews with politicians in Västerbotten, an area in the north of Sweden. The aim of the article is to identify and analyse how these politicians relate to digital information technology and new media. What democratic opportunities and risks of information technology and new media are reflected in interviews with the politicians? What does this technology and these media mean for politicians’ political strategies and for their identity production as professional politicians? We argue that the interview data reflect two partly contradictory political identities: on the one side a progressive and modern political identity, and on the other a ‘real’ and ‘authentic’ political identity. However, both identities are consistent with a digital discourse and are populist due to their pro-technological character.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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