Interpreting Hashtag Politics - Policy Ideas in an Era of Social Media

Informationen zum Autor Stephen Jeffares is a lecturer at INLOGOV, School of Government and Society, University of Birmingham UK. He is co-author of Hybrid Governance with Chris Skelcher and Helen Sullivan. His work draws on text analytics and Q methodology to understand changing debates surrounding public policy and public services. Klappentext Why do policy actors create branded policy ideas like Big Society and does launching them on Twitter extend or curtail their life? This book reveals how policy analysis can adapt in an increasingly mediatised to offer interpretive insights into the life and death of policy ideas in an era of hashtag politics. Zusammenfassung Why do policy actors create branded policy ideas like Big Society and does launching them on Twitter extend or curtail their life? This book reveals how policy analysis can adapt in an increasingly mediatised to offer interpretive insights into the life and death of policy ideas in an era of hashtag politics. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Policy Ideas and Hashtag Politics 2. Theorising Policy Ideas 3. The Lifecycle of Policy Ideas 4. Identifying Policy Viewpoints 5. Social Media and Policy Practices 6. Capturing the Digital Footprint of Policy Discussion 7. Interpreting Social Media Data 8. The Future of Hashtag Politics

Product details

• Authors: S Jeffares, S. Jeffares, Stephen Jeffares, Stephen Jeffares Jeffares
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2014
• EAN: 9781349470822
• ISBN: 978-1-349-47082-2
• No. of pages: 197
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; B, Political Science, Political Theory, Politics & government, Political science & theory, Public Administration, Public Policy, Comparative Politics, United States of America, USA, Politics and government, The Americas, Palgrave Political Science Collection, US Politics, United States—Politics and government, American Politics, digital;Policy;politics;social media;Twitter