TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gerbaudo,Paolo
TI  - The digital party: political organisation and online democracy 
T2  - Digital barricades : interventions in digital culture and politics
SN  - 9780745335803
U1  - 324.21 GER/D 23
PY  - 2019///
CY  - . - London
PB  - : Pluto press
KW  - Political parties
KW  - Political party organization
KW  - Communication in politics
KW  - Social media
KW  - Political participation
KW  - Partis politiques
KW  - Communication politique
KW  - Médias sociaux
KW  - Participation politique
KW  - Politics and Government
KW  - Parteipolitik
KW  - Demokratie
KW  - Digitale Revolution
KW  - Politische Organisation
KW  - Social Media
KW  - Politische Beteiligung
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-217) and index
N2  - Looks at the restructuring of political parties in the time of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and campaigning based on Big Data. Drawing on interviews with key political leaders and digital organisers, Gerbaudo argues that the digital party is very different from the class-based 'mass party' of the industrial era. With new structures come worrying changes in political forms, such as the growth of power cliques and the need for centralised, charismatic leaders, the erosion of intermediary party layers and the loss of accountability. However, there is also a growth of strong unity at the centre and extreme flexibility at the margins, creating a promising template which could counter the social polarisation created by the Great Recession and the failures of liberal democracy. --From publisher description
ER  -