@inproceedings{adc8c700272043a988f2cf232d3cc365,
title = "Social media in political transition: A literature review",
abstract = "Social networks caused tremendous changes in the way people interact in private and public matters. An apparent and often-cited example is the so-called {"}Arab Spring{"}, where social media is assumed to be the ignition spark for civic uprising. Since the impact of social media on political transition, as the path, in which a political system turns from autocracy to democracy, is a {"}hot issue{"}, it is being researched in a wide range of scientific disciplines. To identify research streams, we offer a comprehensive and systematic literature review in the disciplines of Information Systems, Social Science and Humanities. Altogether, we identified 177 papers as relevant to the topic based on keywords. A considerable amount deals with the revolutions in Middle East and North Africa region. However, Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong and Russia are also mentioned. The results of our study reveal a huge diversity of social media users and purposes of social media usage in various countries' stages of political transition. They provide a contribution to the interdisciplinary research on social media in political transition.",
keywords = "Arab spring, Democratization, E-participation, Political activism, Political transition, Social media",
author = "Robert Zepic and Thomas Klotz and Marcus Dapp and Helmut Krcmar",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} The Authors, 2016.",
year = "2016",
language = "English",
series = "Proceedings of the European Conference on e-Government, ECEG",
publisher = "Academic Conferences and Publishing International Limited",
pages = "240--246",
editor = "Mitja Decman and Tina Jukic",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 16th European Conference on e-Government, ECEG 2016",
}