Serra, Joaquim PauloGonçalves, Gisela2022-06-062022-06-062016Serra, J. Paulo & Gonçalves, G. (2016). The research project “New media and politics: citizen’s participation on the websites of Portuguese political parties”: Main results. In J. Paulo Serra & G. Gonçalves. Politics and Web 2.0: The participation gap (pp. 89-174). Delaware, USA: Vernon Press978-1-62273-099-5http://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/12252The “New media and politics: citizen participation in the websites of Portuguese political parties” is a project funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology. It was carried out by a re-search group of the Online Communication Lab (LabCom) research centre at the University of Beira Interior (Portugal) between March 01, 2012 and February 28, 2015. The main objective of this chapter is to highlight the core components of the aforementioned project.engPolitical participationPolitical partiesDigital political communicationWeb 2.0book part