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Twitter jako narzędzie zarządzania wizerunkiem
Twitter as an Image Management Tool

Author(s): Wojciech Maguś
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Media studies, Communication studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Twitter; image management; election campaign; political communication;European Parliament elections

Summary/Abstract: Twitter is becoming an increasingly popular tool used for political communication, especially in election campaigns. It is also an important element of image creation. Due to its functionalities, it allows for quick, low-cost reaching of recipients. As part of the article, over 130,000 entries from the period of the 2019 European Parliament election campaign in Poland were subject to quantitative analysis. The activity of 397 people running from six national election committees was analyzed. Every second candidate applying for a mandate as an MEP used this service. The article is an attempt to answer whether and to what extent popularity on Twitter translated into the electoral result.

  • Issue Year: 9/2021
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 507-533
  • Page Count: 27
  • Language: Polish