USE OF THE INTERNET IN POLITICAL COMMUNICATION BETWEEN ELITES
AND VOTERS
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kierownik Zakładu Socjologii i Psychologii
Polityki Instytutu Nauk Politycznych Wydziału Dziennikarstwa
i Nauk Politycznych Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
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w Zakładzie Socjologii i Psychologii Polityki Instytutu Nauk Politycznych Uniwersytetu
Warszawskiego
Publication date: 2020-01-23
Studia Politologiczne 2012;25
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ABSTRACT
The article analyzes the ways and extent of use of the Internet to communicate with
voters by the Polish political elites. The evaluation was done from the perspective
of the thesis of so called permanent campaign phenomenon. An important part of
the evaluation was also comparison of the Polish experience and abroad campaigns
(the USA). The model of analysis was enriched by an original classification and
the review of political channels of communication on the Internet. In this context,
the idea of communication revolution in Polish political campaigns was strongly
criticized. The article compares also the traditional media (television, radio and
press) with a new medium – the Internet in terms of their credibility, attractiveness
and effectiveness in public awareness. The analysis identified a number of problems
related to the political communication of Polish elites on the Internet. These are:
lack of competence in following the technological bandwagon, insufficient abilities
in the Internet cultural code, abandonment of Internet communication projects,
and publishing derivative and superficial political information.