The book offers an overall view of the way democracy is being reshaped in the Spanish lab through the impact of social media, and social and political changes.

Ramón A. Feenstra is a lecturer in the Department of Philosophy and Sociology at the Universitat Jaume I of Castellón, Spain.

Andreu Casero-Ripollés is head of the Department of Communication Sciences and associate professor at the Universitat Jaume I of Castelló, Spain.

John Keane is Professor of Politics at the University of Sydney and at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin, Germany.

Simon Tormey is a professor at the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Sydney, Australia.

Foreword

Introduction

Chapter 1 The transformation of political logics. Beyond the 'horizontal' and the 'vertical'?

'Vertical' versus 'horizontal'

Towards a differentiation of the 15M political repertoire

The 15M political repertoire and the vertical-horizontal theoretical axis

Activists' responses to the vertical-horizontal axis

Towards a characterisation of 15M

Conclusions

Chapter 2 The emergence of new political parties

From street protests to taking over the institutions

The new parties and digital media

The impact of the new parties on party-based democracy

Conclusions

Chapter 3 The appearance of monitoring as an emerging political dynamic

Monitory democracy: political transformation in communication-saturated societies

Three main fields of monitoring: governmental, civic and shared

Typology of civic monitoring

Conclusions

Chapter 4 Two-way street mediatisation of politics or overturn? The social media communication models of 15M and Podemos

Social media and mainstream media in today's political communication

The 15M communication model: the relationship between online political activism and the mainstream media

Podemos' communication model: take on the media without abandoning the networks *

Conclusions: democratic innovations and contributions from the field of political communication

Conclusion: the Spanish political laboratory in action

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