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Power Shift? Political Leadership and Social Media examines how
political leaders have adapted to the challenges of social media,
including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and memes, among other
means of persuasion. Established political leaders now use social
media to grab headlines, respond to opponents, fundraise, contact
voters directly, and organize their election campaigns. Leaders of
protest movements have used social media to organize and galvanize
grassroots support and to popularize new narratives: narratives
that challenge and sometimes overturn conventional thinking. Yet
each social media platform provides different affordances and
different attributes, and each is used differently by political
leaders. In this book, leading international experts provide an
unprecedented look at the role of social media in leadership today.
Through a series of case studies dealing with topics ranging from
Emmanuel Macron and Donald Trump's use of Twitter, to Justin
Trudeau's use of selfies and Instagram, to how feminist leaders
mobilize against stereotypes and injustices, the authors argue that
many leaders have found additional avenues to communicate with the
public and use power. This raises the question of whether this is
causing a power shift in the relationship between leaders and
followers. Together the chapters in this book suggest new rules of
engagement that leaders ignore at their peril. The lack of
systematic theoretically informed and empirically supported
analyses makes Power Shift? Political Leadership and Social Media
an indispensable read for students and scholars wishing to gain new
understanding on what social media means for leadership.
Power Shift? Political Leadership and Social Media examines how
political leaders have adapted to the challenges of social media,
including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and memes, among other
means of persuasion. Established political leaders now use social
media to grab headlines, respond to opponents, fundraise, contact
voters directly, and organize their election campaigns. Leaders of
protest movements have used social media to organize and galvanize
grassroots support and to popularize new narratives: narratives
that challenge and sometimes overturn conventional thinking. Yet
each social media platform provides different affordances and
different attributes, and each is used differently by political
leaders. In this book, leading international experts provide an
unprecedented look at the role of social media in leadership today.
Through a series of case studies dealing with topics ranging from
Emmanuel Macron and Donald Trump's use of Twitter, to Justin
Trudeau's use of selfies and Instagram, to how feminist leaders
mobilize against stereotypes and injustices, the authors argue that
many leaders have found additional avenues to communicate with the
public and use power. This raises the question of whether this is
causing a power shift in the relationship between leaders and
followers. Together the chapters in this book suggest new rules of
engagement that leaders ignore at their peril. The lack of
systematic theoretically informed and empirically supported
analyses makes Power Shift? Political Leadership and Social Media
an indispensable read for students and scholars wishing to gain new
understanding on what social media means for leadership.
In the first volume of How Canadians Communicate the editors
examined and assessed the health of Canada's cultural industries
circa 2003. In this second volume, they not only undertake a new
examination of Canada's current media health, but also turn their
attention to analysing the impact of the startling pace of global
media proliferation on our country's media institutions. The
revolutionary changes underway in mass media technology, from blogs
to peer-to-peer networks and the ubiquitous cell-phone, have all
imposed structural modifications to global communication systems,
inexorably altering the fundamental ways in which Canadians
communicate. The editors have carefully chosen essays that address
the central issues of today's global media environment from a
uniquely Canadian perspective.Grouped under the headings 'The
Debate over Policy', 'The Quest for Identity', and 'The Struggle
for Control', the topics ranging from media concentration to
foreign ownership and the challenge of mass communication in an
increasingly multicultural community, underscoring the way in which
our media has operated in the past and how it must now adapt to a
new media landscape. There is little dou
The frontier reality of confronting new conditions, adapting
cultural inclinations, and dealing with a volatile environment in
an effort to establish and nurture new communities is central to
the western Canadian experience. It has shaped many aspects of our
heritage, and it is within that context the essays assembled here
strive to identify and critique the impact of the frontier on our
region, culture, and society. Challenging Frontiers is a
multidisciplinary study using critical essays as well as creative
writing to explore the conceptions of the "West," both past and
present. Considering topics such as ranching, immigration, art and
architecture, as well as globalization and the spread of
technology, these articles inform the reader of the historical
frontier and its mythology, while also challenging and reassessing
conventional analysis. With a comprehensive introduction to situate
the geographic and cultural boundaries of the western frontier,
this collection is a must for anyone interested in uncovering what
it means to be a westerner and how the new frontier has influenced
every part of our society.
The End of the CBC? is about three overlapping crises: the crisis
that has enveloped the CBC, the crisis of news, and the crisis of
democracy. The emergence of platforms such as Google, Facebook,
Twitter, and Netflix, the hyper-targeting of individual users
through data analytics, the development of narrow online identity
communities, and the rise of an attention economy have changed the
media landscape in dramatic ways. Describing the failure of
successive governments to address problems faced by the public
broadcaster, this book explains how the CBC lost its place in
sports, drama, and entertainment. Taras and Waddell propose a way
forward for the CBC - one in which the corporation concentrates its
resources on news and current affairs and re-establishes a
reputation for depth and quality.
In 2019, the United Conservative Party, under the leadership of
Jason Kenney, unseated the New Democratic Party to form the
provincial government of Alberta. A restoration of conservative
power in a province that had seen the Progressive Conservatives win
every election from 1971-2015, UCP quickly began to make political
waves.This is the first scholarly analysis of the 2019 election and
the first years of the UCP government, with special focus on the
path of Jason Kenney's rise to, and fall from, provincial political
power. It opens with an examination of the election from a number
of vantage points, including the campaign, polling, and online
politics. It provides fascinating insight into internal UCP
politics with chapters on the divisions within the party, gender
and the UCP, and the symbolism of Kenney's famous blue pickup
truck. Explorations of oil and gas policy, the Energy War Room,
Alberta's budgets, health care, education, the public sector,
Alberta's cultural industries, and more provide unprecedented
insight into the actions, motivations, and impacts of Kenney's UCP
Government in power. Contributions from top political watchers,
journalists, and academics provide a wide range of methods and
perspectives. Concluding with a survey of the impacts of COVID-19
in Alberta and a comparison between Jason Kenney and Doug Ford,
Blue Storm is essential reading for everyone interested in Alberta
politics and the tumultuous first years of the UCP government.
Providing key insights from perspectives across the political
spectrum, this book is a captivating deep-dive into an
unprecedented party, its often controversial politics, and its
unforgettable leader.
In 2019, the United Conservative Party, under the leadership of
Jason Kenney, unseated the New Democratic Party to form the
provincial government of Alberta. A restoration of conservative
power in a province that had seen the Progressive Conservatives win
every election from 1971-2015, UCP quickly began to make political
waves.This is the first scholarly analysis of the 2019 election and
the first years of the UCP government, with special focus on the
path of Jason Kenney's rise to, and fall from, provincial political
power. It opens with an examination of the election from a number
of vantage points, including the campaign, polling, and online
politics. It provides fascinating insight into internal UCP
politics with chapters on the divisions within the party, gender
and the UCP, and the symbolism of Kenney's famous blue pickup
truck. Explorations of oil and gas policy, the Energy War Room,
Alberta's budgets, health care, education, the public sector,
Alberta's cultural industries, and more provide unprecedented
insight into the actions, motivations, and impacts of Kenney's UCP
Government in power. Contributions from top political watchers,
journalists, and academics provide a wide range of methods and
perspectives. Concluding with a survey of the impacts of COVID-19
in Alberta and a comparison between Jason Kenney and Doug Ford,
Blue Storm is essential reading for everyone interested in Alberta
politics and the tumultuous first years of the UCP government.
Providing key insights from perspectives across the political
spectrum, this book is a captivating deep-dive into an
unprecedented party, its often controversial politics, and its
unforgettable leader.
A key intermediary between courts and the public are the
journalists who monitor the actions of justices and report their
decisions, pronouncements, and proclivities. Justices and
Journalists: The Global Perspective is the first volume of its kind
- a comparative analysis of the relationship between supreme courts
and the press who cover them. Understanding this relationship is
critical in a digital media age when government transparency is
increasingly demanded by the public and judicial actions are the
subject of press and public scrutiny. Richard Davis and David Taras
take a comparative look at how justices in countries around the
world relate to the media, the interactive points between the
courts and the press, the roles of television and the digital
media, and the future of the relationship.
This book is a cross-national analysis of the role of the internet
in national electoral campaigns. It covers an array of electoral
and party systems throughout the globe from parliamentary to
presidential, party-based to candidate-oriented, multi-party to
two-party, and stable party system to dynamic party system. It
takes a look at three groups of nations with varying levels of
Internet access-those where internet usage is common across
demographic groups, those where usage has reached significant
levels but not widespread penetration, and those where internet
access is still limited to a small elite. Each chapter is a study
of a particular nation, focusing on its electoral and party
systems, the accessibility of the Internet to the population, the
nature of candidate/party usage, and the effects of the internet on
the conduct of campaigns. By reviewing the findings from these
studies, Making a Difference draws conclusions about exactly how
the internet influences electoral politics.
This book is a cross-national analysis of the role of the internet
in national electoral campaigns. It covers an array of electoral
and party systems throughout the globe from parliamentary to
presidential, party-based to candidate-oriented, multi-party to
two-party, and stable party system to dynamic party system. It
takes a look at three groups of nations with varying levels of
Internet access_those where internet usage is common across
demographic groups, those where usage has reached significant
levels but not widespread penetration, and those where internet
access is still limited to a small elite. Each chapter is a study
of a particular nation, focusing on its electoral and party
systems, the accessibility of the Internet to the population, the
nature of candidate/party usage, and the effects of the internet on
the conduct of campaigns. By reviewing the findings from these
studies, Making a Difference draws conclusions about exactly how
the internet influences electoral politics.
A key intermediary between courts and the public are the
journalists who monitor the actions of justices and report their
decisions, pronouncements, and proclivities. Justices and
Journalists: The Global Perspective is the first volume of its kind
- a comparative analysis of the relationship between supreme courts
and the press who cover them. Understanding this relationship is
critical in a digital media age when government transparency is
increasingly demanded by the public and judicial actions are the
subject of press and public scrutiny. Richard Davis and David Taras
take a comparative look at how justices in countries around the
world relate to the media, the interactive points between the
courts and the press, the roles of television and the digital
media, and the future of the relationship.
Fewer Canadians than ever are lacing up skates, swimming lengths at
thepool, practicing their curve ball, and experiencing the thrill
ofcompetition. However, despite a decline in active
participation,Canadians spend enormous amounts of time and money on
sports, as fansand followers of sporting events and sports culture.
Writing from avariety of perspectives, the contributors to this
collection set out toexplore the impact of the media on our
reception of, and attitudestoward, sports-to unpack the meanings
that sports have for us ascitizens and consumers. Well-known hockey
writer Roy MacGregor delvesinto the influence of big media and big
sports on the practice ofobjective journalism; Richard Gruneau
examines the worrisomerelationship between sports participation and
socioeconomic class;blogger Derrick Newman investigates the impact
of fantasy leagues onsports coverage; sociologist Harry Hiller
looks at the iconicdimensions of the Vancouver Olympics..
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