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lectronic Government, an International Journal (EG) 2019 Vol.15 No.3 pp.261 - 282 Abstract: No…

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Title: The institutionalisation of social media in politics: dynamics, applications, critiques,

and challenges
Authors: Dedy Permadi; Fidya Shabrina; Umar Abdul Aziz
Addresses: Center for Digital Society, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia ' Center for Digital Society, Universitas Gadjah Mada,
Yogyakarta, Indonesia ' Center for Digital Society, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Abstract: Nowadays, the role of social media in politics becomes more crucial due to the increasing importance of political communication and
network technologies. Some scholars have confirmed that social media can be applied as an effective and efficient political communication
instrument. However, many criticisms and challenges should be considered in social media use, particularly in regards to its informality and
irregularity in the political system. This paper presents a comprehensive discussion on the dynamics of social media in politics, surrounding its
applications in the policy process, critiques of its existence, as well as various challenges that might be encountered in the future. By adopting the
term of 'three development stages' which are intrapreneurship, order from chaos, and the institutionalisation stage; and by reviewing various
researches that have been done before, this paper argues that the 'institutionalisation' of social media becomes the main issue for the future of
social media in politics.
Keywords: social media; politics; technology; interaction; democracy; instrument; Johnny Plate.
DOI: 10.1504/EG.2019.100517
Electronic Government, an International Journal, 2019 Vol.15 No.3, pp.261 - 282
Received: 07 Aug 2017
Accepted: 24 Jul 2018
Published online: 29 Jun 2019 *
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