Download or read book Political Parties in the Digital Age written by Guy Lachapelle and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2015-07-01 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Internet and „social media“ may initially have been understood as just one more instrument politicians could employ to manage without political parties. However, these media cannot be reduced to being a tool available solely to politicians. The electronic media make reinforcement of the „glocalization“ of the public/political sphere, a process already set in motion with the advent of television, and they can develop the trend even further.