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Communication in Election Campaigns: Staggering Changes or Same Old, Same Old?
Open Access
Academic Editor(s): Viorela Dan (University of Innsbruck), Uta Russmann (University of Innsbruck), Philipp Müller (University of Mannheim), and Anne Schulz (University of Zurich)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.i508
Table of Contents
| TikTok Edits, Vibes, Audio Memes: Participatory Propaganda in the 2025 German Federal Election Campaign | |||||||||
| Marcus Bösch | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 5 March 2026 | |||||||||
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| “Vote for Me, I Am Authentic”: Performed Political Authenticity on Social Media | |||||||||
| Simon M. Luebke and Ines Engelmann | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 5 March 2026 | |||||||||
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| Negative Campaigning and Mobilization Through Disinformation: Astroturf Political Influencers’ Visual Disinformation Strategies on Facebook | |||||||||
| Xénia Farkas | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 17 March 2026 | |||||||||
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| The “TikTok Messiah”: Ritualized Emotional Performance, Memetic Sound, and Mobilization in Romania’s 2024 Presidential Elections | |||||||||
| Radu M. Meza, Andreea-Alina Mogoș, George Prundaru and Hanna Orsolya Vincze | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 9 April 2026 | |||||||||
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| “Liars” and “Frauds”: A Longitudinal Study of Negativity on Austrian Election Posters | |||||||||
| Lore Hayek | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 9 April 2026 | |||||||||
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| Experimentation on TikTok, Standardisation on Reels? Party Short-Form Video Use in the 2024 UK General Election | |||||||||
| Rosalynd Southern, Niamh Cashell, Liam McLoughlin and Ploykamol Suwantawit | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 16 April 2026 | |||||||||
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| Echoes of Emotion: Influencers’ Communication Strategies and Comment Polarization in the US 2024 Presidential Election | |||||||||
| Xianquan Zeng, Jiarun Du, Jinghong Xu and Qiong Xu | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 30 April 2026 | |||||||||
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| Different Shades of Cooperation: Mapping Political Parties’ Involvement With Influencers | |||||||||
| Nils S. Borchers | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 30 April 2026 | |||||||||
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| Faces of Europe: Structural Drivers of Visual Personalization in Political Parties’ Facebook Campaigns | |||||||||
| Melanie Magin, Uta Russmann, Rossella Vulcano, Felix-Christopher von Nostitz, Anna-Katharina Wurst, Katjana Gattermann, Laura Alonso-Muñoz, Delia Cristina Balaban, Paweł Baranowski, Krisztina Burai, Jean Claude Cachia, Tomaž Deželan, Michal Garaj, Babette Hermans, Konstantinos Kallinikos, Elisa Kannasto, Simon Kruschinski, Georgios Lappas, Sara Machado, Alena Pospíšil Macková, Anamaria Dutceac Segesten, Ilva Skulte, Milica Vučković and Matt Wall | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 14 May 2026 | |||||||||
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