The Role of Twitter in the 2016 US Election

The Role of Twitter in the 2016 US Election
ISBN-10
3319689819
ISBN-13
9783319689814
Category
Political Science
Pages
121
Language
English
Published
2017-11-06
Publisher
Springer
Authors
Christopher J. Galdieri, Jennifer C. Lucas, Tauna S. Sisco

Description

This book assembles six chapters by respected and emerging scholars in political science and communication to produce a first sustained look at Twitter's role in the 2016 US Presidential Election. While much attention has already been paid to Trump's use of Twitter as a phenomenon—how it helps drive news cycles, distracts attention from other matters, or levies attacks against rivals, the news media, and other critics—there has been little scholarly analysis of the impact Twitter played in the actual election. These chapters apply an impressive diversity of theoretical explanations and methodological approaches to explore how this new technology shaped an American election, and what impact it could have in the future.

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