title: Political influence of online platforms: YouTube’s place in European politics
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metadata.value: Kolotaev, Yury Y.
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metadata.name: dc.contributor.author
metadata.value: Kollnig, Konrad
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2021-08-20T10:10:29Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2021-08-20T10:10:29Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2021-06
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metadata.value: Kolotaev Y., Kollnig K. Political influence of online platforms: YouTube’s place in European politics. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. International Relations, 2021, vol. 14, issue 2, pp. 225–240.
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu06.2021.206
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/32796
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: Social media platforms are today one of the primary means of political expression and campaigning.
  The growing entanglement of politics with the online sphere raises interest in how
  these new types of media shape the social and political reality. While previous research tends
  to focus on Twitter and Facebook, limited works exists on the political influence of YouTube.
  This is even though YouTube is the second-most visited website and provides unique ways of
  engaging users and disseminating political messages through the combination of rich communication
  functionality with immersive audio-visual media content. Unfortunately, the influence
  of social media platforms such as YouTube on politics is difficult to analyse, due to a
  lack of transparency and qualitative data. Independent researchers and the public have limited
  ways to access meaningful statistics about the video service. This article derives a taxonomy
  to classify YouTube’s ways of political influence from a case-study-driven analysis of YouTube
  in the European political landscape. The authors’ taxonomy aligns with traditional theoretical
  concepts from the media effects theory, particularly framing, priming and agenda-setting. A
  brief discussion of the current regulatory landscape in the EU is provided, and gaps are highlighted
  that might need improvement. The authors conclude by considering the question of
  whether YouTube is a political actor.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: en
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. International Relations;Volume 14; Issue 2
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: YouTube
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: social media
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: online platform
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: European Union
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: content moderation
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: political content
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Political influence of online platforms: YouTube’s place in European politics
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
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