Hybrid Politics

Laura Iannelli is Lecturer of Sociology of Culture and Communication. She received her Ph.D. in Theory and Social Research from Sapienza University in Rome. Since 2011 she has been teaching ‘Political Communication and Participation’ at the University of Sassari in Sardinia (Italy). In 2014, she was Visiting Scholar at City University London and the University of Leicester. Her primary research focuses on communication processes and political participation. In 2013, she began coordinating a two-year interdisciplinary research project on contemporary public art, activism and performative citizenship, funded by the Region of Sardinia. In 2015, in collaboration with City University London she organized an international conference entitled ′Protest Participation in Variable Communication Ecologies′ in Alghero, Italy, and co-edited a special issue on this topic in the journal Information, Communication & Society. She has published various book chapters and articles on media and political participation, and in 2010 authored the book ‘Facebook & Co. Sociologia dei Social Network Sites’ (Milano: Guerini Scientifica).

Introduction
Chapter 1. Hybrid Research on Media and Political Participation
Media and Participation
Modern Media and Democratic Participation in Political Communication Research
Modern Media, Public Spheres, and Perfomative Publics
Alternative and Activist Media
Internet Studies and Political Participation
Beyond the Single-Medium Approach
Chapter 2. Hybrid Media and Political Participation
Media Ecologies, Remediation, Polymedia, Mediamorphosis
Hybrid Media Logics in Political Communication Research
The Power of Publics between Convergent Cultural Practices and Spreadable Media Contents
Media-reflexive Activism
Research Challenges
Chapter 3. Hybrid Media Participation: Tweeting TV Politics and Pop Protests
An Emerging Body of Research
Performative Publics Tweeting TV Politics
Pop Protests: Spreadable Hybrid Genres of Political Struggle
Conclusions
References