This book extends beyond the realm of strictly electoral politics to explore how social movements and others have engaged social media. Contributors explore how groups from Greenpeace to the Tea Party as well as more diverse social movements such as feminism and resistance journalism have flourished in an age of social media. Among the key issues raised are important questions of power, authent…
This book is focused on candidates’ and campaigns’ use of social media and how that affects voters. Tha chapters in this volume address the use of social media in the United States and elsewhere, with a particular emphasis on U.S. campaigns for the House, Senate, and presidency. The contributing scholars focus on questions such as how information flows differ across social media and traditi…
This book is about the first path: about obtaining political information as a by-product in efficient media environments. If you go to see a movie to satisfy your desire for entertainment, the newsreel is an inefficiency. People’s exposure to political information and their political learning depend on these inefficiencies. The efficiency of the media environment-and hence the likelihood of…