Equalization versus Normalization: Facebook and the 2013 Israeli Elections

The question of whether social media grant challengers a fair opportunity to compete with incumbents, thus promoting equalization rather than normalization, is a key issue in studies of the web’s contribution to democratic systems. To contribute to the current debate, whose evidence so far strongly...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Tal Samuel-Azran, Moran Yarchi, Gadi Wolfsfeld
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2015-09-01
Series:Social Media + Society
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305115605861