The introduction situates Telegram as an object of research on political public communication and outlines the contributions of the special issue. It connects platform-specific research with broader questions of digital public spheres.

Citation: Wiedemann, G., Schmidt, J.-H., Rau, J., Münch, F. V., & Kessling, P. (2023). Telegram in der politischen Öffentlichkeit: Zur Einführung in das Themenheft. Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft, 71(3–4), 207–211.

Publication: https://doi.org/10.5771/1615-634X-2023-3-4-207

See also the special issue as a whole.