TY - CHAP A1 - Römmele, Andrea A1 - Napierala, Nils ED - Röttger, Ulrike ED - Donges, Patrick ED - Zerfaß, Ansgar T1 - Public Affairs aus der Perspektive von Politik und Verwaltung: Nutzen und Grenzen T2 - Handbuch Public Affairs N2 - Politik und Verwaltung treffen Entscheidungen von enormer Komplexität. Diese betreffen unterschiedlichste Akteure, berühren verschiedenste Fachgebiete, sind in ihren Konsequenzen niemals zweifelsfrei vorhersehbar, stets kontingent und erfordern ein hohes Maß an Wissen. Dieses Wissen wird nicht nur aktiv eingeholt, sondern verschiedene Akteure versuchen es strategisch im politischen Prozess zu platzieren. Sie betrachten dieses aktive Vorgehen als Voraussetzung dafür, dass ihre Interessen bei politischen Entscheidungen ausreichend berücksichtigt werden. Der vorliegende Artikel nähert sich dieser Form der interessengeleiteten Einbringung von Wissen in den politischen Prozess aus der Perspektive von Politik und Verwaltung. Nach einer Einführung in die Thematik sollen der Nutzen, aber auch die Grenzen aufgezeigt werden, die die Public Affairs für Politik und Verwaltung haben. KW - Public Affairs KW - Politikberatung KW - Politikrelevantes Wissen Y1 - 2020 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b1570-opus4-39762 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-23391-4_7-1 SP - 1 EP - 20 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Gil de Zúñiga, Homero A1 - Koc Michalska, Karolina A1 - Römmele, Andrea ED - Gil de Zúñiga, Homero T1 - Populism in the era of Twitter: How social media contextualized new insights into an old phenomenon JF - New Media & Society N2 - With the advent of social media, political communication scholars have systematically revised theories and empirical corollaries revolving media use and democracy at large. Interestingly, in about the same period of time, a reinvigorated political populism trend has taken place across different latitudes in the world. This widespread populist movement has expanded regardless of whether these political systems were established democracies, emerging democracies, or societies immersed in political contexts at peril. This essay serves as the introductory piece to a special issue on populism. First, it highlights the ways in which “populism,” being an old phenomenon, has further transpired into the political realm in the era of social media. Second, the essay seeks to better contextualize what populism is and how it has developed within today’s hybrid media society. Finally, this introduction also lays out the ground to six central theoretical and data-driven papers that encapsulate many of the important issues revolving the phenomenon of populism today. KW - - KW - democracy KW - Facebook KW - populism KW - social media KW - Twitter Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444819893978 SN - 1461-4448 SN - 1461-7315 VL - 22 IS - 4 SP - 585 EP - 594 PB - SAGE Publications CY - Sage UK: London, England ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Römmele, Andrea A1 - Gibson, Rachel ED - Gil de Zúñiga, Homero T1 - Scientific and subversive: The two faces of the fourth era of political campaigning JF - New Media & Society N2 - This article sets out the case that democracies are now entering a fourth phase of “data-driven” political campaigning. Building on the existing campaigns literature, we identify several key shifts in practice that define the new phase, namely: (1) an organizational and strategic dependency on digital technology and “big data,” (2) a reliance on networked communication, (3) the individualized micro-targeting of campaign messages, and (4) the internationalization of the campaign sphere. Departing from prior studies, we also argue that the new phase is distinguished, by a bifurcation, into two variants—the scientific and the subversive. While sharing a common core, these two modes differ, in that the former retains a commitment to the normative goals of campaigning, that is, to mobilize and inform voters, while the latter explicitly rejects and subverts these aims, focusing instead on demobilization and the spread of misinformation. Both are presented as abstract or “ideal” types, although we do point out how features of each have appeared in recent election campaigns by mainstream and populist parties. We conclude by discussing the implications of these trends for the long-term future health of democracy. KW - - KW - Big data KW - campaigns KW - populism KW - social media Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444819893979 SN - 1461-4448 SN - 1461-7315 VL - 22 IS - 4 SP - 595 EP - 610 PB - SAGE Publications CY - Sage UK: London, England ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Römmele, Andrea T1 - Politische Polarisierung in den USA - zum Verhältnis der Demokraten und Republikaner JF - Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung N2 - Die politische und gesellschaftliche Polarisierung in den USA tritt immer offener zu Tage. Fakten, Beweise und Argumente verlieren an Bedeutung. Worin liegen die Ursachen? Wie hat diese Entwicklung die beiden großen Parteien verändert? Y1 - 2020 UR - https://www.bpb.de/internationales/amerika/usa/313005/politische-und-gesellschaftliche-polarisierung-in-den-usa ER -