Social Media and Political Representation (SoMeRep)

This project investigates whether and how social media improves political representation, and the extent to which it lowers inequalities in representation, reproduces existing offline inequalities, or creates new ones. 

Does social media motivate civic participation from a more representative array of citizens than modes of participation offline, and if so, why? To what extent are politicians responsive to the concerns of different groups of constituents on social media?

And are underrepresented groups (e.g. women and ethnic minorities) disproportionately exposed to the negative repercussions of social media?

The project SoMeRep seeks to answer these questions. It seeks to fill prominent gaps in the literature and advance our knowledge of how social media transforms a central component of modern democracies: the day-to-day political interactions among and between citizens and their political representatives.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Funded by

Social Media & Political Representation (SoMeRep) is funded by Danish Council for Independent Research

Project: Social Media & Political Representation (SoMeRep)
Project period: 2021-2025

Contact

Anne Rasmussen
Principal Investigator
Department of Political Science
Mail: ar@ifs.ku.dk
Phone: +45 35 32 05 03