The Mobilization of the Romanian Diaspora
An Overview of a Transnational Community Connected during the 2014 Presidential Elections in Romania

An Overview of a Transnational Community Connected during the 2014 Presidential Elections in Romania

Author(s): Alina-Elena Romaşcu, Maria MICLE
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Communication studies
Published by: Trivent Publishing
Keywords: diaspora; Romania; transnational communities; social networks; Facebook; presidential elections; migration; media coverage; reconfiguration of media forms.
Summary/Abstract: Our research offers a methodological framework for analyzing the Romanian diasporic communities connected during the Romanian presidential elections of 2014. Our initial hypothesis is that the formation of digital communities and especially those that occurred through the social network Facebook allowed the creation and configuration of new forms of media coverage. In order to understand the context in which these new forms of media coverage have developed, we will employ a methodological apparatus that involves both quantitative and qualitative tools.

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