Tweeting to Power - The Social Media Revolution in American Politics

Zusatztext Social media have already become a fundamental part of politics in the digital age. In Tweeting to Power, Jason Gainous and Kevin M. Wagner use an impressive array of quantitative and qualitative data to explore a wide variety of questions about the impacts of social media on American politics. In doing so, they make an important new contribution to ongoing debates about the political implications of the internet. Informationen zum Autor Jason Gainous is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Louisville. Kevin M. Wagner is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Florida Atlantic University. Klappentext Using theory and data, Gainous and Wagner illustrate how online social media is bypassing traditional media and creating new forums for the exchange of political information and campaigning. Zusammenfassung Using theory and data, Gainous and Wagner illustrate how online social media is bypassing traditional media and creating new forums for the exchange of political information and campaigning. CHAPTER 1: SOCIAL MEDIA - THE NEW DINNER TABLE? ; CHAPTER 2: EVOLUTION OR REVOLUTION - WHY FACEBOOK AND TWITTER MATTER? ; CHAPTER 3: CONGRESS 2.0 - INTERNET-STYLE POLITICS ; CHAPTER 4: CONGRESS 2.0 - WHO'S TWEETING? ; CHAPTER 5: PUBLIC OPINION 2.0 - READ MY FEED ; CHAPTER 6: PUBLIC OPINION 2.0 - THE NEW SOCIAL CAPITAL ; CHAPTER 7: CONGRESS 2.0 - CONTROLLING THE FLOW OF INFORMATION ; CHAPTER 8: PUBLIC OPINION 2.0 - THE DIRECT CONDUIT ; CHAPTER 9: CONGRESS 2.0 - TWEETING FOR SUPPORT ; CHAPTER 10: SOCIAL MEDIA TOMORROW - TWEETING THE FUTURE? ; APPENDIX ; NOTES ; REFERENCES ; INDEX

Product details

• Authors: Jason Gainous, Jason/ Wagner Gainous, Kevin M. Wagner
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.12.2013
• EAN: 9780199965076
• ISBN: 978-0-19-996507-6
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Oxford Studies in Digital Politics; Oxford Studies in Digital Poli
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, Media Studies, COMPUTERS / Internet / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Media & Internet, Communication Studies, United States of America, USA, Political campaigning & advertising, Internet: general works, Political campaigning and advertising, Media studies: internet, digital media and society