Networked Locality

Márton Bene is a Research Professor at the HUN-REN Centre for Social Sciences in Budapest and an Assistant Professor at Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Budapest. He leads the MTA–HUN-REN CSS Lendület "Momentum" PRiSMa Research Group. His research focuses on political communication, social media and politics, and political behavior.Gábor Dobos is a political scientist. He currently serves as a Research Fellow at the HUN-REN Centre for Social Sciences and as a Senior Research Fellow at Ludovika University of Public Service, Hungary. His research interests include local politics, constitutional adjudication, and political institutions.

• Chapter 1 Introduction: An Infrastructure-Based Politicized Approach to Local Social Media Public.- Chapter 2 The Demand Side: Citizens’ Localized Social Media Use.- Chapter 3 The Supply Side: Local Publics on Facebook.- Chapter 4 In the Web of the Parties: Local Politicians on Facebook.- Chapter 5 Local Information Hubs or Partisan Promoters? A Longitudinal Investigation of Mayors’ Communication Strategies on Facebook.- Chapter 6 Localized Social Media as a Catalyst of Local and National Political Processes? The Effects of Local Social Media Experiences on Political Trust, Satisfaction and Participation.- Chapter 7 Conclusion.