Anastasia Deligiaouri & Panagiotis Symeonidis

2012 Unknown

E-Politics and Organizational Implications of the Internet: Power, Influence and Social Change,

Internetized Television Debates. Enhancing citizens‟ participation”

IGI Global

Hershey, USA

Published

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Internetised television debates, elections, political communication, citizens' participation, YouTube

The convergence of television with internet technologies has further upheld the participatory role of Internet in modern political communication. The adoption of Internet communication regulations in television programs has created a new hybrid model of “Internetized Television” which has the potential to strengthen citizens’ voice in political life. In this research paper, an extensive empirical study of certain variables relating to participation in internetized television was conducted, focusing, in particular, on the impact of this new medium during the 2007 national elections in Greece, when a specific broadcast was aired on TV, namely the “Skai-YouTube Debate.” Based on the results of our survey, an in-depth theoretical discussion of the political and communicative challenges imposed by this form of internetized television was conducted.

Celia Romm Livermore

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175

10.4018/978-1-4666-0966-2.ch010