Trump trolls, Pirate Parties and the Italian Five Star Movement: The internet meets politics
- Written by Andrea Ballatore, Lecturer in Geographic Information Science, Birkbeck, University of London
We blame the internet for a lot of things, and now the list has grown to include our politics. In a turbulent year marked by the U.K.‘s decision to leave the European Union and the election of Donald Trump, some have started to wonder to what extent the recent events have to do with the technology that most defines our age.
In the aftermath...