Twitter and Elections around the World : Campaigning in 140 Characters or Less


Richard. Davis
Bok Engelsk 2016 · Electronic books.
Annen tittel
Utgitt
Milton : : Taylor and Francis, , 2016.
Omfang
1 online resource (250 p.)
Opplysninger
Description based upon print version of record.. - Half Title; Series Information; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Series Editor's Foreword; About the Contributors; Introduction; When Did Research Begin on Twitter?; Candidates' Use of Twitter; Journalists on Twitter; Public's Use of Twitter in Elections; Using Twitter to Predict Election Outcomes; Recent Trends; This Volume; References; Part I Election Journalism; 1 Did Twitter Kill the Boys on the Bus? A Report from the Romney Campaign in 2012; The Gathering Place; The Golden Era?; Flacking Twitter; "A Link is a Link, Dude"; Speed Freaks. - 6 South Korean Citizens' Political Information-Sharing on Twitter During 2012 General Election1Significance of Study; Literature Review; Twitter as a Social Media Tool; Diffusion of Innovation Theory and Retweeting in Twitter; Use of Twitter and Impact on Elections; Research Questions; Methodology; Data Capture and Storage; Classification of Types of Message; Coding Scheme; Reliability Testing; Intracoder reliability; General Sentiment Identification; Correlation with Public Opinion Polls; Findings; RQ1: Magnitude of Retweeted Messages and Public Opinion Polls. - A Tweet and a LaughTweeting as Personal Branding; Keeping Twitter's Gates; Tweeting's Thin Transparency; Looking to Twitter's Future in Political Journalism; Changes in the Platform; Differentiating between Twitter and Facebook; Conclusion; Note; References; 4 Media Coverage of an Election Campaign on Twitter: The Case of Belgium in the EU Elections; Introduction; Twitter, Political Communication, and the European Elections; The European Elections in "Bi-national" Belgium; Research Objectives; Methodological Approach: Research Design. - Media Coverage of the Belgian Candidates in the EU ElectionsDefining Media Sources Covering Belgian Candidates; Comparing Media Sources Covering Dutch-Speaking and French-Speaking Candidates; Conclusion; Note; References; Part II The Audience; 5 Communication with Constituents in 140 Characters: How Members of Congress Used Twitter to Get Out the Vote in 2014; What is Civic Engagement?; Members of Congress and Civic Engagement; Hypotheses; Method; Results for the US House; Results for the US Senate; Discussion and Conclusion; Notes; References. - RQ2: Classification of Message Types and Public Opinion Polls. - Retweet JournalismDeath to the Filter; "Racing Toward Nothing"; To 2016, and Beyond; 2 Tweeting to the Press? Effects of Political Twitter Activity on Offline Media in the 2013 German Election Campaign; Online Communication in Germany; Previous Research; Method; Findings; What Contributes to the Success of Tweets?; Interaction with Media Reporting; Conclusion; Notes; References; 3 US Political Journalists' Use of Twitter Lessons from 2012 and a Look Ahead; "The Twitter Election"; Twitter and Journalism; Research Methods; Findings; Challenges to Objectivity; Retweets: Tweeting at Arm's Length
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ISBN
9781138949348

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