Sofia Iordanidou is an Associate Professor of Journalism and Communication at the Open University of Cyprus and Chair of the Advanced Media Institute, Applied Research in Communication and Journalism. She is the publisher of Dimosiografia journal.Nael Jebril is the Chair of the Media Studies Program at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies. He is a Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy and a former Chair of the MA Media and Communication Program at Bournemouth University, UK.Emmanouil Takas is a Postdoctoral Researcher of Social Psychology and Media at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.

• Chapter 1: The Evolution of Political Communication: Concepts, Strategies and Key Challenges.- Chapter 2: Debating the French Pension Reform: Media Agenda-setting versus Social Media Discussion.- Chapter 3: ‘The Media Are Hiding Information About the Vaccines’: Information Sources Among Anti-Vaccine Activists during the COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign in Brazil.- Chapter 4: Visual Political Communication on Social Media: The Case of Nikos Androulakis, President of PASOK.- Chapter 5: Enclaves of Cyber Surveillance and Censorship: Algorithms as Cultural Techniques Based on the Case Study of the #A4 Revolution in China.- Chapter 6: Navigating Lebanon's Confessional System in the Social Media Era: Facebook as a Platform for Political Critique and Change in the 2018 Parliamentary Elections.- Chapter 7: Political Communication, Ideology, and Identity: The Presidential Debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.- Chapter 8: Political Communication and Public Apathy: The Impact of Strategic News on Generic and Issue Cynicism during Election and Non-election Periods.- Chapter 9: The Regulation of Political Campaigns regarding the Protection of Personal Data: the Price of Participatory Democracy based on the Greek Example.- Chapter 10: Requirements for a Democratic Platform Society: The Necessity of Regulation from the Perspective of the Theory of Democracy.

Sofia Iordanidou is an Associate Professor of Journalism and Communication at the Open University of Cyprus and Chair of the Advanced Media Institute, Applied Research in Communication and Journalism. She is the publisher of Dimosiografia journal.Nael Jebril is the Chair of the Media Studies Program at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies. He is a Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy and a former Chair of the MA Media and Communication Program at Bournemouth University, UK.Emmanouil Takas is a Postdoctoral Researcher of Social Psychology and Media at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.

• Chapter 1: The Evolution of Political Communication: Concepts, Strategies and Key Challenges.- Chapter 2: Debating the French Pension Reform: Media Agenda-setting versus Social Media Discussion.- Chapter 3: ‘The Media Are Hiding Information About the Vaccines’: Information Sources Among Anti-Vaccine Activists during the COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign in Brazil.- Chapter 4: Visual Political Communication on Social Media: The Case of Nikos Androulakis, President of PASOK.- Chapter 5: Enclaves of Cyber Surveillance and Censorship: Algorithms as Cultural Techniques Based on the Case Study of the #A4 Revolution in China.- Chapter 6: Navigating Lebanon's Confessional System in the Social Media Era: Facebook as a Platform for Political Critique and Change in the 2018 Parliamentary Elections.- Chapter 7: Political Communication, Ideology, and Identity: The Presidential Debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.- Chapter 8: Political Communication and Public Apathy: The Impact of Strategic News on Generic and Issue Cynicism during Election and Non-election Periods.- Chapter 9: The Regulation of Political Campaigns regarding the Protection of Personal Data: the Price of Participatory Democracy based on the Greek Example.- Chapter 10: Requirements for a Democratic Platform Society: The Necessity of Regulation from the Perspective of the Theory of Democracy.

Sofia Iordanidou is an Associate Professor of Journalism and Communication at the Open University of Cyprus and Chair of the Advanced Media Institute, Applied Research in Communication and Journalism. She is the publisher of Dimosiografia journal.Nael Jebril is the Chair of the Media Studies Program at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies. He is a Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy and a former Chair of the MA Media and Communication Program at Bournemouth University, UK.Emmanouil Takas is a Postdoctoral Researcher of Social Psychology and Media at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.

• Chapter 1: The Evolution of Political Communication: Concepts, Strategies and Key Challenges.- Chapter 2: Debating the French Pension Reform: Media Agenda-setting versus Social Media Discussion.- Chapter 3: ‘The Media Are Hiding Information About the Vaccines’: Information Sources Among Anti-Vaccine Activists during the COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign in Brazil.- Chapter 4: Visual Political Communication on Social Media: The Case of Nikos Androulakis, President of PASOK.- Chapter 5: Enclaves of Cyber Surveillance and Censorship: Algorithms as Cultural Techniques Based on the Case Study of the #A4 Revolution in China.- Chapter 6: Navigating Lebanon's Confessional System in the Social Media Era: Facebook as a Platform for Political Critique and Change in the 2018 Parliamentary Elections.- Chapter 7: Political Communication, Ideology, and Identity: The Presidential Debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.- Chapter 8: Political Communication and Public Apathy: The Impact of Strategic News on Generic and Issue Cynicism during Election and Non-election Periods.- Chapter 9: The Regulation of Political Campaigns regarding the Protection of Personal Data: the Price of Participatory Democracy based on the Greek Example.- Chapter 10: Requirements for a Democratic Platform Society: The Necessity of Regulation from the Perspective of the Theory of Democracy.