Exploring Web 2. 0 in Election Campaigns: A Scholarly Review

Ever wondered how social media and online platforms change how politicians campaign? Researchers have been digging into this topic since 2005, and the popularity of studying Web 2. 0 in elections has been skyrocketing ever since. They've been looking at papers from places like the Scopus database and have found over 1, 000 of them! The most popular journals for this kind of research are the Journal of Information Technology and Politics, Information Communication and Society, and New Media and Society. It seems the United States is leading the game when it comes to research citations, while Spain has the most studies on the subject. This research is all about understanding how academic interest in this topic has grown and where future studies should focus. It's like a roadmap for researchers to see what's been done and what still needs to be explored.