Intro; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1 Introduction; 1.1 The Aim of This Book; References; Part I The Framework: Towards a Disintermediated Politics?; 2 The Mediated Public Opinion: When Everything Happens Through Others; 2.1 The Idea of the Public Sphere: A Rereading of Habermas; 2.2 The Normative Conception of Public Opinion; References; 3 The Culture of Politics on the Network; 3.1 A Change in Perspective; 3.2 The Richness of the Networks; References; 4 The Political Potential of Social Networks; 4.1 The Disintermediation of the Agents

4.2 The Disintermediation of the Messages4.3 The Disintermediation of Political Spaces; References; 5 The Dreams of Technological Reason Generate Monsters; 5.1 Homogeneity and Homophily; 5.2 Polarization; 5.3 Incivility; 5.4 Flaming; References; Part II Disintermediation in Social Networks; 6 The Disintermediation of the Agents: The Case of #UnidosPodemos; 6.1 In Memoriam Los Indignados; 6.2 The Concept of the Connective Party; 6.3 A Party that Operates in Internet; References; 7 The Disintermediation of the Message: The Case of #BlackLivesMatter; 7.1 Genesis of a Networked Movement

7.2 #BLM Symbolic Inclusiveness7.3 Technological Aperture; 7.4 From Ideology to Identity and from Identity to Individuality; References; 8 The Disintermediation of the Space: The Case of #BringBackOurGirls; 8.1 The Kidnapping of the Chibok Girls Takes Over the Internet; 8.2 Leaping the Barriers of Space with "Slacktivism"; 8.3 Virality and Influencers as Drivers of Visibility; References; 9 How Does Politics Work? The Big Data View; 9.1 The Negative Effects of Disintermediation: #Trump2016; 9.2 Nodes that Win Elections: #UnidosPodemos; Some Methodological Key Ideas to Understand Polarization

The Types of Political Agents: What We Know About Political Polarization in Unidos Podemos Political Debate?9.3 Some Considerations About These Results of This Study; References; 10 Conclusions; References; Index