Social Media and Digital Politics - Networked Reason in an Age of Digital Emotion

Informed by critical theory, this book employs Social Network Analysis (SNA) to examine the ever-increasing impact that social media has on politics and contemporary civic discourse.

List of contents

Section I: Theoretical and Social Foundations 1. Introduction 2. The Digital Body Politic Section II: Networked Insights 3. Defining the Marketplace of Reason and Rage: Rhetorical Analysis, Social Network Structure, and Natural Language Processing 4. Rhetoric, Reason, and Emotion in a Network Space Section III: Our New Networked Politics 5. Critical Analysis of Digital Discourse 6. News, the Battle for Truth, and the Networked Future

About the author

James Jaehoon Lee is Associate University Librarian for Academic Innovation, and an Associate Professor in the Medill School for Journalism, Media, and Integrated Marketing Communications at Northwestern University, USA.
Jeffrey Layne Blevins holds a dual appointment as Professor in the Department of Journalism, and the School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Cincinnati, USA.

Summary

Informed by critical theory, this book employs Social Network Analysis (SNA) to examine the ever-increasing impact that social media has on politics and contemporary civic discourse.

Product details

• Authors: Jeffrey Layne Blevins, James Jaehoon Lee
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.08.2024
• EAN: 9781032478845
• ISBN: 978-1-03-247884-5
• No. of pages: 150
• Weight: 453 g
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, farbige Illustrationen, Raster,schwarz-weiss, Zeichnungen, schwarz-weiss, Zeichnungen, farbig
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Communication science; Media Studies, Cultural Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Digital lifestyle, Political structure & processes, Media studies: internet, digital media and society, Political structure and processes