TY - JOUR U1 - Zeitschriftenartikel, wissenschaftlich - begutachtet (reviewed) A1 - Kelm, Ole A1 - Dohle, Marco A1 - Bernhard, Uli T1 - Politicians’ Self-Reported Social Media Activities JF - Social Media + Society N2 - The growing importance of social media in the political arena seems to be in line with the mediatization of politics thesis, which states that mediated communication is becoming more important in politics and increasingly influences political processes. However, how politicians’ social media activities and politicians’ perceptions concerning social media have developed over time has rarely been examined. Moreover, it is unclear how the politicians’ activities and perceptions are related to each other. Referring to theoretical approaches, such as the influence of presumed influence approach, four surveys were conducted among German parliamentarians (MPs) between 2012 and 2016 (n = 194/149/170/118). The results indicate that the MPs’ self-reported social media activities and perceptions have remained remarkably constant since 2012. Regression analyses indicate that MPs’ self-reported social media activities and perceptions are hardly related to each other. This raises the question whether mediatization processes are indeed driven by politicians’ perceptions about media influences. KW - mediatization of politics KW - Politiker KW - Social Media KW - politicians KW - influence of presumed influence KW - longitudinal study Y1 - 2019 UN - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:960-opus4-16825 SN - 2056-3051 SS - 2056-3051 U6 - https://doi.org/10.25968/opus-1682 DO - https://doi.org/10.25968/opus-1682 VL - 5 IS - 2 SP - 1 EP - 12 ER -